Temujin

Boys' name

Of iron

Temujin has been given to 63 babies in the U.S. since 1972. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2015, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Temujin, 2023

1 in 663,000

Temujin over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Temujin: meaning, origin, and history

Of iron

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Temujin means

Temujin means “of iron”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Temujin is used in History.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Borrowed from Middle Mongol ᠲᠡᠮᠦᠵᠢᠨ (temüǰin). Possibly from Proto-Turkic *temürči(n) (“blacksmith”).

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Origin, language, and formation

Temujin is used in English.

Temujin comes through Middle Mongol ᠲᠡᠮᠦᠵᠢᠨ and Proto-Turkic *temürči.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 63 boys were recorded with the name Temujin between 1972 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2015; its best national rank was #4,939 in 1972.

How common is Temujin?

Temujin had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2023, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2023: 1 in 663,000; 5 of 3,314,783 births
Among boys only: 1 in 342,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2023: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 459,528 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Temujin sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2023 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,528 children born in 2023 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Temujin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Temujins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Temujin was born before 2011 — so the typical Temujin is around 14 today.

Median birth year: 2011; About 14 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 57.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 73.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 63; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 57.1% of all recorded uses (36).

Is Temujin rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2015 (7)
Years since peak: 10; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Steady; 9.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,939; 1972

Temujin around the world

Where Temujin ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2003–2013
#4,685
in 2013
South Australia
1983–1983
#443
in 1983

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Temujin by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,939; 1972
Peak year: 2015; 7 that year
First recorded: 1972
Last recorded: 2023
All-time count: 63
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Temujin

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Temujin

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Aliah Jessa Coraline Milana Alannah Arden Averi Karleigh

For a brother

Caesar Crosby Kolten Immanuel Raylan Emmet Aarav Blaze

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