Girls' name · since 1970
Topeka
Since 1970, U.S. Social Security records show 118 babies named Topeka, peaking in 1976. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #25,365 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 118
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
Topeka sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 118 recorded since 1970.
Topeka has 118 recorded births among girls since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 1983.
- #25,365 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 118 born since 1970
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Topeka ranks #25,365 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 118 born since 1970, peaking in the 1970s.
- #25,365 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 118
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
Topeka's 118 recorded births place it above 64.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Topeka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Topeka's full recorded timeline at 1976, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1971, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1976 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Topeka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–1983
- Peak year (1976)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Topeka by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (94 births, 80% of the file).
1970s was Topeka's strongest decade.
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 80% of all-time use.
Topeka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
94 births
- 1980s 24
1980s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 94 births (80% of all-time use).
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What to do with Topeka's data
- Topeka's decade-level peak was the 1970s (94 total births); usage has since declined to 24 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Topeka: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1976)
Similar record span (~13 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1970–1983 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Topeka draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.