Sophia
#5 for girls in 2025, 12,561 births · #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2012 · 22,336 births
- Debut · girls
- 138 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 29 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 439,108since 1880
Sophia over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5 | 12,561 | #7,194 | 11 |
| 2024 | #6 | 12,126 | — | |
| 2023 | #5 | 11,999 | #8,255 | 9 |
| 2022 | #5 | 12,382 | #6,828 | 12 |
| 2021 | #6 | 12,585 | #7,587 | 10 |
| 2020 | #4 | 13,105 | #7,034 | 11 |
| 2019 | #4 | 13,821 | #5,555 | 16 |
| 2018 | #5 | 14,013 | #5,540 | 16 |
| 2017 | #5 | 14,947 | #4,935 | 19 |
| 2016 | #4 | 16,185 | #5,124 | 18 |
| 2015 | #3 | 17,454 | #5,999 | 14 |
| 2014 | #3 | 18,644 | #4,866 | 19 |
| 2013 | #1 | 21,255 | #3,864 | 26 |
| 2012 | #1 | 22,336 | #5,035 | 18 |
| 2011 | #1 | 21,863 | #4,221 | 23 |
| 2010 | #2 | 20,656 | #3,894 | 26 |
| 2009 | #4 | 16,951 | #8,310 | 9 |
| 2008 | #7 | 16,091 | #6,763 | 12 |
| 2007 | #6 | 17,031 | #4,996 | 18 |
| 2006 | #9 | 13,503 | #4,223 | 22 |
| 2005 | #12 | 12,678 | #5,034 | 16 |
| 2004 | #15 | 10,919 | #2,643 | 40 |
| 2003 | #20 | 9,687 | #5,558 | 13 |
| 2002 | #27 | 8,665 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #37 | 7,162 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | #42 | 6,564 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #53 | 5,423 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #73 | 4,308 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #94 | 3,640 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #125 | 2,513 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #168 | 1,765 | — | |
| 1994 | #185 | 1,614 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #196 | 1,498 | — | |
| 1992 | #211 | 1,355 | — | |
| 1991 | #225 | 1,263 | — | |
| 1990 | #250 | 1,124 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #254 | 1,060 | #3,618 | 15 |
| 1988 | #225 | 1,166 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #238 | 1,124 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #245 | 1,060 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #236 | 1,098 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #235 | 1,082 | — | |
| 1983 | #210 | 1,196 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #224 | 1,161 | — | |
| 1981 | #211 | 1,235 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #366 | 641 | — | |
| 1979 | #423 | 494 | — | |
| 1978 | #476 | 409 | — | |
| 1977 | #457 | 432 | — | |
| 1976 | #496 | 366 | — | |
| 1975 | #486 | 380 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #465 | 387 | — | |
| 1973 | #429 | 455 | — | |
| 1972 | #405 | 486 | — | |
| 1971 | #385 | 590 | — | |
| 1970 | #402 | 582 | — | |
| 1969 | #385 | 593 | — | |
| 1968 | #392 | 548 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #367 | 603 | — | |
| 1966 | #376 | 589 | — | |
| 1965 | #414 | 509 | — | |
| 1964 | #452 | 471 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #424 | 524 | — | |
| 1962 | #438 | 486 | — | |
| 1961 | #546 | 324 | — | |
| 1960 | #622 | 261 | — | |
| 1959 | #595 | 277 | — | |
| 1958 | #659 | 226 | — | |
| 1957 | #730 | 188 | — | |
| 1956 | #914 | 121 | — | |
| 1955 | #780 | 152 | — | |
| 1954 | #905 | 113 | — | |
| 1953 | #809 | 129 | — | |
| 1952 | #878 | 110 | — | |
| 1951 | #706 | 153 | — | |
| 1950 | #842 | 109 | — | |
| 1949 | #779 | 123 | — | |
| 1948 | #821 | 112 | — | |
| 1947 | #842 | 108 | — | |
| 1946 | #796 | 107 | — | |
| 1945 | #734 | 103 | — | |
| 1944 | #747 | 104 | — | |
| 1943 | #758 | 104 | — | |
| 1942 | #853 | 81 | — | |
| 1941 | #678 | 107 | — | |
| 1940 | #675 | 105 | — | |
| 1939 | #680 | 99 | — | |
| 1938 | #731 | 88 | — | |
| 1937 | #666 | 104 | — | |
| 1936 | #666 | 98 | — | |
| 1935 | #654 | 101 | — | |
| 1934 | #648 | 107 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #646 | 103 | — | |
| 1932 | #569 | 132 | — | |
| 1931 | #572 | 133 | — | |
| 1930 | #553 | 152 | — | |
| 1929 | #525 | 169 | — | |
| 1928 | #494 | 195 | — | |
| 1927 | #447 | 240 | — | |
| 1926 | #442 | 234 | — | |
| 1925 | #402 | 289 | — | |
| 1924 | #364 | 357 | — | |
| 1923 | #342 | 369 | — | |
| 1922 | #331 | 390 | — | |
| 1921 | #299 | 489 | — | |
| 1920 | #279 | 545 | — | |
| 1919 | #261 | 604 | — | |
| 1918 | #256 | 629 | — | |
| 1917 | #235 | 698 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #232 | 697 | — | |
| 1915 | #226 | 692 | — | |
| 1914 | #229 | 548 | — | |
| 1913 | #232 | 429 | — | |
| 1912 | #225 | 397 | — | |
| 1911 | #238 | 272 | — | |
| 1910 | #237 | 271 | — | |
| 1909 | #222 | 256 | — | |
| 1908 | #203 | 276 | — | |
| 1907 | #197 | 265 | — | |
| 1906 | #194 | 247 | — | |
| 1905 | #197 | 237 | — | |
| 1904 | #195 | 230 | — | |
| 1903 | #197 | 213 | — | |
| 1902 | #179 | 256 | — | |
| 1901 | #186 | 221 | — | |
| 1900 | #197 | 259 | — | |
| 1899 | #180 | 238 | — | |
| 1898 | #188 | 240 | — | |
| 1897 | #162 | 278 | — | |
| 1896 | #160 | 278 | — | |
| 1895 | #164 | 259 | — | |
| 1894 | #156 | 276 | — | |
| 1893 | #159 | 247 | — | |
| 1892 | #162 | 241 | — | |
| 1891 | #153 | 220 | — | |
| 1890 | #144 | 245 | — | |
| 1889 | #138 | 251 | — | |
| 1888 | #136 | 251 | — | |
| 1887 | #136 | 192 | — | |
| 1886 | #128 | 218 | — | |
| 1885 | #134 | 185 | — | |
| 1884 | #134 | 170 | — | |
| 1883 | #129 | 159 | — | |
| 1882 | #116 | 179 | — | |
| 1881 | #130 | 122 | — | |
| 1880 | #117 | 138 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Sophia was already there! It came in at #117, and was given to 138 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1933–1948, when fewer than 120 girls a year got the name.
See more about Sophia
- 1 spot since 2024 (#6 → #5)
- 1 spot since 2020 (#4 → #5)
- 2 spots since 2015 (#3 → #5)
- Biggest jump: 184 spots in 1957 (#914 → #730)
- Biggest drop: 175 spots in 1942 (#678 → #853)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2012 at #1 (22,336 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: 20 yrs · run 2006–2025
- Top 100: 29 yrs · run 1997–2025
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 79 girls born in 2012 were named Sophia (1.3%)
- Latest: 1 in 128 girls born in 2025 (0.78%)
- 41.3% of all girls named Sophia (181,174) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #116 (1882) → #914 (1956) → #1 (2012)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,865 | #116 (1882) | #130 |
| 1890s | 2,522 | #144 (1890) | #163 |
| 1900s | 2,460 | #179 (1902) | #197 |
| 1910s | 5,237 | #225 (1912) | #237 |
| 1920s | 3,277 | #279 (1920) | #393 |
| 1930s | 1,117 | #553 (1930) | #639 |
| 1940s | 1,054 | #675 (1940) | #768 |
| 1950s | 1,578 | #595 (1959) | #782 |
| 1960s | 4,908 | #367 (1967) | #442 |
| 1970s | 4,581 | #385 (1971) | #442 |
| 1980s | 10,823 | #210 (1983) | #244 |
| 1990s | 24,503 | #53 (1999) | #158 |
| 2000s | 119,251 | #4 (2009) | #18 |
| 2010s | 181,174 | #1 (2012) | #3 |
| 2020s | 74,758 | #4 (2020) | #5 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Sophia in 1998
Top girls' names in 1998
Top boys' names in 1998
More about 1998
girls
1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 410 of them was named Sophia, which outranked 99.6% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 318,561 of them was named Sophia, which outranked 25.0% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #7,560Ziyad7
- #7,560Zong7
- #7,560Zoran7
- #8,479Sophia6
- #8,479Abby6
- #8,479Abd6
- #8,479Abdi6
- #9,631Aadil5
- #9,631Aaliyah5
- #9,631Aaronmichael5
Tied with 1,151 names at #8,479; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.