Sophie

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: German

Meaning

Sophie is a feminine given name, from the Greek word for 'wisdom'.

From Wikipedia

Sophie first appears in the data in 1985 and has been recorded in 41 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2015 with 2,210 babies (rank #7 that year). In 2025 it was given to 526 girls (rank #22). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Sophie

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Sophie yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

23,693
Total babies (all years)
41
Years in the data
2,210
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Stories about the name Sophie

Sophie's Choice — I am aware of the irony. We named her Sophie anyway because the name is not responsible for the novel and my daughter is not responsible for the name. She's fine. She's wonderfully fine.

— Richard, New York NY, 2016

Sophie Scholl. The German student who resisted the Nazis and died for it at twenty-one. I wanted my daughter to know that name and what it stood for from the beginning.

— Heike, Cambridge MA, 2018

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1985123#89
1986130#88
1987207#55
1988216#55
1989289#37
1990356#29
1991403#23
1992362#31
1993288#38
1994324#30
1995377#25
1996432#18
1997491#13
1998455#17
1999579#10
2000702#8
2001723#7
2002689#7
2003685#9
2004782#6
2005745#8
2006442#9
2007455#8
2008483#8
2009478#8
2010472#11
2011519#6
2012503#8
2013454#9
2014499#9
20152,210#7
20161,924#9
2017638#10
2018551#15
20191,031#13
2020801#13
2021502#18
2022468#18
2023633#18
2024746#7
2025526#22