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 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2011 with 4,732 babies (rank #51 that year). In 2024 it was given to 3,574 girls (rank #60). The name has been rising 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.

134,691
Total babies (all years)
145
Years in the data
4,732
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
188083#159
188178#171
1882110#155
1883103#164
1884120#163
1885125#165
1886156#152
1887149#166
1888171#169
1889172#172
1890206#168
1891203#166
1892203#178
1893235#163
1894234#173
1895240#173
1896258#172
1897308#151
1898259#182
1899278#163
1900338#163
1901324#153
1902279#171
1903311#159
1904359#150
1905374#153
1906384#156
1907451#146
1908523#133
1909496#144
1910621#133
1911671#125
1912989#117
19131,122#113
19141,584#100
19152,112#97
19162,198#101
19172,382#100
19182,300#108
19192,200#109
19201,965#129
19211,865#136
19221,582#153
19231,490#159
19241,372#170
19251,102#190
1926953#203
1927883#215
1928708#235
1929632#251
1930524#287
1931425#309
1932378#326
1933300#367
1934262#404
1935251#409
1936198#455
1937204#460
1938178#502
1939150#547
1940170#527
1941174#532
1942145#623
1943119#704
1944103#757
1945100#753
1946110#785
1947120#795
1948114#814
1949131#751
1950116#812
1951128#788
1952116#855
1953104#928
1954105#944
1955106#964
195699#1,033
195785#1,150
1958102#1,040
195988#1,142
196095#1,115
196184#1,210
196294#1,124
1963107#1,040
196488#1,181
1965101#1,047
196692#1,101
196797#1,058
196889#1,144
196983#1,232
197083#1,304
197166#1,526
197273#1,378
197364#1,494
197476#1,367
197574#1,428
197660#1,657
197783#1,368
197873#1,534
197973#1,589
198077#1,541
198174#1,593
198292#1,352
1983135#1,040
1984158#933
1985207#800
1986212#796
1987239#751
1988251#749
1989334#632
1990373#606
1991421#557
1992512#484
1993552#454
1994601#415
1995697#379
1996854#330
19971,081#267
19981,216#255
19991,685#184
20002,101#160
20012,173#151
20022,245#149
20032,231#151
20042,388#135
20052,440#136
20062,784#124
20073,988#82
20084,065#75
20094,267#65
20104,416#59
20114,732#51
20124,581#52
20133,752#76
20143,394#91
20152,952#104
20162,875#109
20172,837#106
20182,948#98
20193,185#85
20203,315#75
20213,329#76
20223,521#63
20233,589#60
20243,574#60