Sofia
Sofia is ranked 10th among girls in 2024 (8,094 births). Its best rank was 10th, in 2024.
- Rank in 2024
- #10up 2 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 8,0940.50% of girls
- Peak year
- 20159,699 births
- Best rank
- #10in 2024
- Since 1881
- 178,450people given the name
The story in the numbers
178,450 girls have been named Sofia in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2015, with 9,699 births — 0.54% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 12 → 10).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2013, and the 2010s alone account for 46%. It has spent 89 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 22 of them in the top 100 and 1 in the top 10.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Sofia | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 45 | |
| 1890s | 113 | |
| 1900s | 166 | |
| 1910s | 429 | |
| 1920s | 628 | |
| 1930s | 454 | |
| 1940s | 380 | |
| 1950s | 515 | |
| 1960s | 898 | |
| 1970s | 1,577 | |
| 1980s | 2,641 | |
| 1990s | 7,828 | |
| 2000s | 43,379 | |
| 2010s | 82,391 | |
| 2020s | 37,006 |
In 2015, its biggest year
Sofia was the 14th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2015 were Emma, Olivia, Sophia, Ava and Isabella. See all of 2015.
Names that rose and fell with Sofia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Caliyahpeak 2017
- Nahomypeak 2024
- Yamilethpeak 2014
- Aleenapeak 2015
- Madilynnpeak 2014
- Kaleahpeak 2013
- Malayapeak 2014
- Averypeak 2014
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.