Sophie

#55 for girls in 2025, 3,984 births · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2011 · 4,732 births
Debut · girls
83 births
In top 100 · girls
19 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
138,577
since 1880

Sophie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #51, 2011girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#553,984
2024#603,583
2023#603,592#10,8216
2022#633,524
2021#763,331
2020#753,315
2019#853,186
2018#982,948
2017#1062,837
2016#1092,875
2015#1042,953
2014#913,394
2013#763,753
2012#524,581#12,2745
2011#514,732#8,0799
2010#594,416#10,7666
2009#654,267
2008#754,065
2007#823,988#8,1739
2006#1232,784
2005#1362,440
2004#1352,388#8,9277
2003#1512,231
2002#1492,245
2001#1512,173
2000#1602,101
1999#1841,685
1998#2551,216
1997#2671,081
1996#330854
1995#379697
1994#413602
1993#454552
1992#482512
1991#555421
1990#605373
1989#630334#6,2297
1988#747251
1987#750239
1986#791213
1985#802206
1984#930158
1983#1,037135
1982#1,34592
1981#1,58074
1980#1,52877
1979#1,56973
1978#1,52373
1977#1,35883
1976#1,63860
1975#1,43073
1974#1,36476
1973#1,47864
1972#1,36473
1971#1,51666
1970#1,29383
1969#1,22683
1968#1,14788
1967#1,04697
1966#1,09692
1965#1,042101
1964#1,17288
1963#1,036107
1962#1,12194
1961#1,19985
1960#1,11794
1959#1,13588
1958#1,037102
1957#1,14485
1956#1,02799
1955#961106
1954#940105
1953#927104
1952#854116
1951#787128
1950#809116
1949#748131
1948#810114
1947#791120
1946#785110
1945#749100
1944#753103
1943#699119
1942#622145
1941#530174
1940#527170
1939#546150
1938#499178
1937#459204
1936#454198
1935#408251
1934#403262
1933#366300
1932#326378
1931#309425
1930#287524#3,5926
1929#250632
1928#235708
1927#215883#3,7806
1926#203953
1925#1901,102
1924#1701,372#3,8676
1923#1591,490
1922#1531,582#4,3075
1921#1361,865#3,5177
1920#1291,965#4,2865
1919#1092,200
1918#1082,300#3,0968
1917#1002,382#3,2177
1916#1012,198#3,1777
1915#972,112
1914#1001,584#2,9156
1913#1131,122
1912#117989
1911#125671
1910#132621
1909#144496
1908#133523
1907#146451#1,3455
1906#155384
1905#153374
1904#149359
1903#158311
1902#170279
1901#151324
1900#162338
1899#161278
1898#181259
1897#150308
1896#170258
1895#173240
1894#173234
1893#163235
1892#177203
1891#166203
1890#168206
1889#170172
1888#168171
1887#164149
1886#152156
1885#165125
1884#162120
1883#163103
1882#155110
1881#17178
1880#15683
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Sophie was already there! It came in at #156, and was given to 83 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1968–1981, when fewer than 89 girls a year got the name.

See more about Sophie
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 5 spots since 2024 (#60#55)
  • 20 spots since 2020 (#75#55)
  • 49 spots since 2015 (#104#55)
  • Biggest jump: 128 spots in 1985 (#930#802)
  • Biggest drop: 92 spots in 1942 (#530#622)
Rise & fade · girls
131 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2011 at #51 (4,732 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 19 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 19 yrs · run 2007–2014
  • Top 1,000: 118 yrs · run 1880–1955
Share of babies · girls
1 in 372
  • Highest: 1 in 372 girls born in 2011 were named Sophie (0.27%)
  • Latest: 1 in 403 girls born in 2025 (0.25%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 25.7% of all girls named Sophie (35,675) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #97 (1915) → #1,638 (1976) → #51 (2011)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,267#152 (1886)#163
1890s2,424#150 (1897)#168
1900s3,839#133 (1908)#152
1910s16,179#97 (1915)#110
1920s12,552#129 (1920)#184
1930s2,870#287 (1930)#406
1940s1,286#527 (1940)#701
1950s1,049#787 (1951)#962
1960s929#1,036 (1963)#1,120
1970s724#1,293 (1970)#1,453
1980s1,779#630 (1989)#1,014
1990s7,993#184 (1999)#392
2000s28,682#65 (2009)#123
2010s35,675#51 (2011)#83
2020s21,329#55 (2025)#65

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.

Sophie in 1930

girls
#287
524 births · 1 in 2,149 girls
boys
#3,592
6 births · 1 in 182,896 boys

Top girls' names in 1930

  1. #1Mary64,153
  2. #2Betty38,240
  3. #3Dorothy30,411
  4. #4Helen19,913
  5. #5Margaret18,350
  6. #6Barbara18,279
  7. #7Patricia15,751
  8. #8Joan15,478
  9. #9Doris15,464
  10. #10Ruth14,942
  11. #287Sophie524

Top boys' names in 1930

  1. #1Robert62,153
  2. #2James53,957
  3. #3John52,447
  4. #4William47,271
  5. #5Richard32,187
  6. #6Charles31,867
  7. #7Donald29,052
  8. #8George22,788
  9. #9Joseph20,981
  10. #10Edward17,352
  11. #3,592Sophie6
More about 1930

girls

1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 2,149 of them was named Sophie, which outranked 94.5% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sophie
  1. #284Ola529
  2. #285Goldie528
  3. #286Cecelia526
  4. #287Sophie524
  5. #288Lenora523
  6. #288Sharon523
  7. #290Cleo515
Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 701Claudette#1,642#941
  2. 583Ardeth#1,212#629
  3. 445Julianne#1,339#894
  4. 376Sonja#1,223#847
  5. 374Armida#1,174#800
Fallers
  1. 348Ingrid#941#1,289
  2. 315Coralie#895#1,210
  3. 229Elenor#981#1,210
  4. 229Mammie#981#1,210
  5. 226Sibyl#902#1,128

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 182,896 of them was named Sophie, which outranked 20.9% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sophie
  1. #3,289Wilmont7
  2. #3,289Worthy7
  3. #3,289Wray7
  4. #3,592Sophie6
  5. #3,592Abron6
  6. #3,592Acey6
  7. #3,592Acy6
  8. #4,001Abbott5
  9. #4,001Acel5
  10. #4,001Adams5

Tied with 408 names at #3,592; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 3,094Derl#3,959#865
  2. 420Clive#1,378#958
  3. 380Farris#1,272#892
  4. 368Earlie#1,296#928
  5. 357Winton#1,272#915
Fallers
  1. 486Americo#729#1,215
  2. 433Enrico#995#1,428
  3. 371Eliseo#844#1,215
  4. 312Meyer#878#1,190
  5. 304Hilbert#869#1,173

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1930