Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Topeka

#23,307 most common girls' name of all time · #37,908 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1970–1983

Rank among girls
#23,307
Rank overall
#37,908 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
13 of 146
All-time
118
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1976 #3,936
Best rank
#3,936 1976
Girls Boys peak 17/yr
1980

Topeka first appears in 1970. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1983 9 — 9 #7,071
1981 7 — 7 #8,665
1980 8 — 8 #7,862
1979 12 — 12 #5,663
1978 10 — 10 #6,282
1977 10 — 10 #6,205
1976 17 — 17 #3,936
1975 13 — 13 #4,809
1974 8 — 8 #6,734
1973 8 — 8 #6,542
1972 5 — 5 #9,223
1971 5 — 5 #9,279
1970 6 — 6 #7,981