Tempa
Tempa is a garage and dubstep music label founded in 2000 by Neil Jolliffe, who also coined the term "dubstep" in 2002.
Meaning & Origin of Tempa
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tempa is a garage and dubstep music label founded in 2000 by Neil Jolliffe, who also coined the term "dubstep" in 2002.
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The Story of Tempa
The earliest SSA record of Tempa as a baby girl name dates back to 1911, when 5 babies received it. 1916 was its biggest year on record, with 8 newborns named Tempa — #3,258 in the national rankings. About 39% of every Tempa on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Tempa last appeared in the published SSA data in 1966, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 51 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Tempa
Tempa is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1911 and has accumulated 51 births in the dataset. Tempa's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #3,258. Use the chart and map above to compare Tempa's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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