Recorded 2007–2023 Boys' name Peak 2013 137 births

Topher — boys' name

137 babies named Topher in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s272010s752020s35
2010s
Peak decade

55% of everyone ever named Topher was born in this single decade.

2013
Single peak year

15 babies were named Topher in 2013 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Topher

The Social Security Administration has registered 137 babies named Topher between 2007 and 2023, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Topher currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Topher performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 75 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Topher shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Topher in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 137 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Topher at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

137

Since 2007

17 years of records

Peak year

2013

15 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

2007

Recorded for 17 years

Last year on file: 2023

Topher popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2007

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2013)
15
Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
05101520 202320212019201720152013201120082007 13

Topher by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
75 births that decade — 55% of Topher's all-time total
2000s272010s752020s35

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Topher?
137 babies have been named Topher since 2007. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2013 with 15 births.
When was Topher most popular?
Topher was most popular in the 2010s decade with 75 total births. The single peak year was 2013.
How long has the name Topher been used?
Topher has been recorded in Social Security data since 2007, spanning 17 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Topher?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Toprak, Topper, Topaz. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2007–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.