Topher
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TOH-fer
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Topher is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “bearer of Christ”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Topher mean?
Greek: short form of Christopher
“bearer of Christ”
Short form of Christopher, whose Greek roots mean Christ-bearer; Saint Christopher is the patron saint of travellers.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Topher a girl's or a boy's name?
Topher is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Topher in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Topher, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the boys named Topher in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Topher in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
Names like Topher
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ander Theo Archer Wilder Xander Wylder Ledger Atlas Baker Asher Evander Walker
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris
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, “Topher: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/topher, updated 20 October 2026.