Sophia

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Greek

Meaning

Sophia, also spelled Sofia, is a feminine given name, from Greek ฮฃฮฟฯ†ฮฏฮฑ, Sophรญa 'Wisdom'. Other forms include Sophie, Sofiya, Sofija, Sophy, Sophea, and Sofie.

From Wikipedia

Sophia first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 63 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2013 with 233 babies (rank #56 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Sophia

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

7,876
Total babies (all years)
63
Years in the data
233
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1952216#70
1953222#67
1954226#65
1955214#70
1956183#91
1957197#84
1958216#85
1959174#106
1960179#101
1961189#101
1962177#110
1963180#109
1964196#108
1965184#109
1966168#115
1967150#128
1968156#128
1969140#149
1970119#168
1971126#155
1972101#184
197379#208
197491#177
197563#233
197660#241
197762#229
197848#278
197961#240
198076#205
198158#246
198247#279
198370#216
198486#187
198555#262
198684#207
198777#208
198867#231
198969#236
199072#229
199191#189
199283#209
199382#206
199486#192
199592#176
199670#213
199793#177
199899#164
199999#165
2000102#162
200194#174
200296#169
2003112#142
2004111#139
2005115#125
2006127#110
2007129#111
2008126#119
2009145#105
2010139#111
2011194#79
2012205#67
2013233#56
2014215#64