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Topher

#13,707 in 2025Boys' name

Carrier of Christ, through Christopher

Topher has been given to 142 babies in the U.S. since 2007. In 2025 it ranked #13,707 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2013, with 15 recorded.

Babies named Topher, 2025

1 in 663,000

Topher over time, 1880–2025

Boys
05101518801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Topher: meaning, origin, and history

Carrier of Christ, through Christopher

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Topher means

Topher belongs to the name family reached through Topher → Christopher. Its meaning is “carrier of Christ”.

Origin, language, and formation

Topher is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Christopher.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 142 boys were recorded with the name Topher between 2007 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 15 in 2013; its best national rank was #5,889 in 2013.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #9,478 in 2020 to #13,707 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #13,852 in 2015 to #13,707 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Topher?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#13,707
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Topher 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 2025 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 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Topher. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Tophers were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Topher was born before 2016 — so the typical Topher is around 9 today.

Median birth year
2016
About 9 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
52.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
142
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 52.8% of all recorded uses (75).

Is Topher 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
−4,229
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+145
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
33.3%
Peak was 2013 (15)
Years since peak
12
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
29.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#5,889
2013

Spellings of Topher

Topher is not the most common spelling — Roper is, with 82.0% against Topher's 18.0%.

  • Roper82.0%647
  • Topher18.0%142

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Topher around the world

Where Topher 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.

  • Canada
    2017–2017
    #2,944
    in 2017

Popularity data from Statistics Canada. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Topher by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#13,707
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 4,229
Best rank ever
#5,889
2013
Peak year
2013
15 that year
First recorded
2007
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
142
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Topher

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

TopperCypherJasherAetherEscherToprakWaltherLestherOsherAscherTaherSherCasherDilsherCatcherKasherReacherHatcherOtherOatherBeacherAurtherEtherMatther

Sibling names for Topher

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

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