Temperance

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Temperance: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Temperance: Recorded since 2006, it reached #1,596 in 2009, and it stood at #3,695 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
19years from first to last
#1596highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2006–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2006	#4157
2007	#3218
2008	#1914
2009	#1596
2010	#2235
2011	#2150
2012	#1720
2013	#1639
2014	#1882
2015	#3615
2016	#2367
2017	#3583
2018	#1977
2019	#2869
2020	#4535
2021	#2942
2023	#4709
2024	#3695

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 18 of the 19 years from 2006 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2006–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2006
First recorded at #4157 among girls in England and Wales in 2006 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2006–2024
Highest recorded position: #1596 among girls in England and Wales, in 2009 (recorded 2006–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Temperance by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Temperance in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	40	4 of 10	10
2010sbusiest	118	10 of 10	12
2020s	22	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Temperance appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2006 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1596 in England and Wales in 2009.

Temperance's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3695	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2942	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2869	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1977	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1882	15	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1639	18	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1720	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2150	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2235	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1596	17	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1914	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2006 and 2024, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,596, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
16 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,695position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
18births registered in its largest year, 2013Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Loris · #1596, 22y
Rayn · #1596, 21y
Ansel · #1595, 20y
Athanasios · #1595, 17y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Loris · #1596, 22y
Rayn · #1596, 21y
Ansel · #1595, 20y
Enea · #1595, 13y

Temperance and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Temperance without appearing here.

Temperance moved ahead of

Debra Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4157 and #4157 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #1914 and #5545.
Kristine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3615 and #3252 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2367 and #5785.
Lynette Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4157 and #2509 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1596 and #4564.
Brittany Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3583 and #2925 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1977 and #4684.

Moved ahead of Temperance

Francis Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2942 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #1863.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2869 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #1939.
Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1882 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #3615 and #1240.
Malin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2942 and #3961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #2346.

Moved the opposite way to Temperance

Ezra Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Temperance went from #1914 to #3695 while Ezra went from #3397 to #1302.
Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Temperance went from #2235 to #3695 while Rory went from #5707 to #1603.
Fiadh Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Temperance went from #1639 to #3695 while Fiadh went from #5742 to #374.
Noah Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Temperance went from #1639 to #3695 while Noah went from #5742 to #1743.

Moved the same way as Temperance

Teddy Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Temperance went from #1639 to #3695 and Teddy from #2460 to #5891.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2006 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1596 in England and Wales in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Temperance

Temperance at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Temperance by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Temperance appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Temperance at a glance

Temperance by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Temperance appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Temperance and the names beside it

Temperance moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Temperance

Moved the opposite way to Temperance

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