Topanga
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- toh-PANG-ga
- Origin
- Native American
- US rank, 2025
- #4,660 for girls
Topanga is a girls' name of Native American origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,660th for girls in the US (29 babies).
What does Topanga mean?
Native American: Tongva place name, Topanga Canyon in California
A Californian place name, made famous as a first name by Topanga Lawrence in the 1990s sitcom Boy Meets World.
Is Topanga a girl's or a boy's name?
Topanga is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Topanga in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,660th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 29 about 1 in 55,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 29 girls in the US were named Topanga, making it the 4,660th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 48 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
2025 had fewer girls named Topanga than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Topanga in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Topanga in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2024 | 34 | #4,206 |
| 2023 | 45 | #3,475 |
| 2022 | 34 | #4,200 |
| 2021 | 31 | #4,409 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,908 |
| 2018 | 27 | #4,886 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,515 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 33 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 23 | #5,891 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 35 | #3,865 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,494 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,317 |
| 2000 | 41 | #3,266 |
| 1999 | 44 | #2,988 |
| 1998 | 48 | #2,753 |
| 1997 | 33 | #3,445 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
Names like Topanga
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dakota, Ximena, Yuna, Tru, Jimena, Solana, Kiyomi, Alora, Ainhoa, Lakota, Romina, Mika
Names related to Topanga
More Native American names
Tallulah, Nayeli, Winona, Kenai, Cree, Xochitl, Xitlali, Citlali, Alaska, Talulah, Sequoia, Denali, Tennessee, Dakoda, Wynonna, Dakotah
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Topanga: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/topanga, updated 20 October 2026.