Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls
Origin: ItalianSophia, also spelled Sofia, is a feminine given name, from Greek Σοφία, Sophía 'Wisdom'. Other forms include Sophie, Sofiya, Sofija, Sophy, Sophea, and Sofie.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Sofia yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Sofia — this spelling, distinct from "Sophia" — is a useful contrast to its more common cousin: both are declining in raw count, but Sofia just reached its best-ever national rank, #10, in 2024, even as its count fell 16% over the decade to 8,094. Like Amelia in the top-25 batch, it's benefiting from the general spreading-out of the naming pool rather than any growth of its own.
It first appears in SSA records in 1881, only a year after Sophia, and the two spellings have tracked each other loosely ever since without ever fully merging into one dominant form.
Sofia Loren, Sofia Coppola, and Sofia Carson span film across nearly a century, along with the enrichment data's cross-listing of Sophia Loren under this shorter spelling — a reminder that spelling variants of the same name often share famous bearers in ways strict alphabetical splitting doesn't fully capture.
Why did you choose this name — or what does it mean to you? Approved stories appear on this page.
→ See names similar to Sofia · Compare Sofia with another name → · Popular names of the 2010s · Girls names starting with S
Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1881 | 6 | #812 |
| 1886 | 10 | #772 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,284 |
| 1888 | 12 | #790 |
| 1889 | 12 | #795 |
| 1890 | 8 | #1,085 |
| 1891 | 14 | #746 |
| 1892 | 15 | #790 |
| 1893 | 10 | #1,012 |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,336 |
| 1895 | 12 | #975 |
| 1896 | 11 | #1,038 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,768 |
| 1898 | 21 | #745 |
| 1899 | 10 | #1,089 |
| 1900 | 17 | #939 |
| 1901 | 14 | #911 |
| 1902 | 12 | #1,066 |
| 1903 | 11 | #1,130 |
| 1904 | 11 | #1,161 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,401 |
| 1906 | 19 | #866 |
| 1907 | 17 | #943 |
| 1908 | 18 | #967 |
| 1909 | 38 | #642 |
| 1910 | 37 | #702 |
| 1911 | 33 | #764 |
| 1912 | 32 | #899 |
| 1913 | 42 | #820 |
| 1914 | 38 | #968 |
| 1915 | 44 | #1,010 |
| 1916 | 52 | #958 |
| 1917 | 58 | #914 |
| 1918 | 44 | #1,122 |
| 1919 | 49 | #1,038 |
| 1920 | 60 | #948 |
| 1921 | 64 | #934 |
| 1922 | 57 | #995 |
| 1923 | 61 | #949 |
| 1924 | 68 | #927 |
| 1925 | 76 | #858 |
| 1926 | 47 | #1,111 |
| 1927 | 64 | #951 |
| 1928 | 71 | #869 |
| 1929 | 60 | #930 |
| 1930 | 78 | #807 |
| 1931 | 60 | #897 |
| 1932 | 37 | #1,191 |
| 1933 | 47 | #1,023 |
| 1934 | 35 | #1,219 |
| 1935 | 49 | #991 |
| 1936 | 43 | #1,078 |
| 1937 | 23 | #1,623 |
| 1938 | 39 | #1,179 |
| 1939 | 43 | #1,099 |
| 1940 | 46 | #1,077 |
| 1941 | 31 | #1,415 |
| 1942 | 24 | #1,755 |
| 1943 | 39 | #1,320 |
| 1944 | 36 | #1,362 |
| 1945 | 33 | #1,416 |
| 1946 | 35 | #1,504 |
| 1947 | 51 | #1,285 |
| 1948 | 39 | #1,491 |
| 1949 | 46 | #1,371 |
| 1950 | 55 | #1,248 |
| 1951 | 45 | #1,411 |
| 1952 | 38 | #1,576 |
| 1953 | 48 | #1,421 |
| 1954 | 51 | #1,420 |
| 1955 | 54 | #1,368 |
| 1956 | 44 | #1,613 |
| 1957 | 56 | #1,423 |
| 1958 | 60 | #1,376 |
| 1959 | 64 | #1,346 |
| 1960 | 69 | #1,337 |
| 1961 | 67 | #1,372 |
| 1962 | 78 | #1,258 |
| 1963 | 84 | #1,199 |
| 1964 | 92 | #1,151 |
| 1965 | 90 | #1,119 |
| 1966 | 95 | #1,080 |
| 1967 | 104 | #1,009 |
| 1968 | 90 | #1,132 |
| 1969 | 129 | #939 |
| 1970 | 126 | #994 |
| 1971 | 158 | #860 |
| 1972 | 132 | #935 |
| 1973 | 139 | #903 |
| 1974 | 144 | #895 |
| 1975 | 157 | #855 |
| 1976 | 160 | #856 |
| 1977 | 190 | #791 |
| 1978 | 177 | #841 |
| 1979 | 194 | #817 |
| 1980 | 192 | #821 |
| 1981 | 267 | #664 |
| 1982 | 240 | #723 |
| 1983 | 262 | #659 |
| 1984 | 252 | #675 |
| 1985 | 264 | #683 |
| 1986 | 245 | #728 |
| 1987 | 315 | #615 |
| 1988 | 282 | #682 |
| 1989 | 322 | #643 |
| 1990 | 349 | #644 |
| 1991 | 450 | #519 |
| 1992 | 453 | #526 |
| 1993 | 559 | #447 |
| 1994 | 510 | #490 |
| 1995 | 607 | #429 |
| 1996 | 767 | #361 |
| 1997 | 1,183 | #249 |
| 1998 | 1,346 | #232 |
| 1999 | 1,604 | #195 |
| 2000 | 2,094 | #161 |
| 2001 | 2,288 | #145 |
| 2002 | 3,061 | #112 |
| 2003 | 3,488 | #97 |
| 2004 | 4,474 | #69 |
| 2005 | 5,162 | #52 |
| 2006 | 5,082 | #55 |
| 2007 | 6,049 | #36 |
| 2008 | 5,985 | #36 |
| 2009 | 5,696 | #36 |
| 2010 | 6,328 | #28 |
| 2011 | 7,331 | #19 |
| 2012 | 7,837 | #18 |
| 2013 | 9,169 | #13 |
| 2014 | 9,611 | #12 |
| 2015 | 9,699 | #14 |
| 2016 | 9,177 | #14 |
| 2017 | 8,175 | #15 |
| 2018 | 7,663 | #17 |
| 2019 | 7,401 | #17 |
| 2020 | 6,987 | #17 |
| 2021 | 6,980 | #18 |
| 2022 | 7,280 | #13 |
| 2023 | 7,665 | #12 |
| 2024 | 8,094 | #10 |
