Sophie

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Sophie is ranked 60th among girls in 2024 (3,574 births). Its best rank was 51st, in 2011.

Rank in 2024: #60same as 2023
Births in 2024: 3,5740.22% of girls
Peak year: 20114,732 births
Best rank: #51in 2011
Since 1880: 134,574people given the name

Babies named Sophie, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

134,574 girls have been named Sophie in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2011, with 4,732 births — 0.27% of all girls recorded that year.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2006, and the 2010s alone account for 27%. It has spent 117 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 18 of them in the top 100.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Sophie
1880s	1,267
1890s	2,424
1900s	3,839
1910s	16,179
1920s	12,552
1930s	2,870
1940s	1,286
1950s	1,049
1960s	930
1970s	725
1980s	1,779
1990s	7,992
2000s	28,682
2010s	35,672
2020s	17,328

In 2011, its biggest year

Sophie was the 51st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2011 were Sophia, Isabella, Emma, Olivia and Ava. See all of 2011.

Names that rose and fell with Sophie

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.