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
- Peak · girls
- 2011 · 4,732 births
- Debut · girls
- 83 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 19 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 138,577since 1880
Sophie 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 | #55 | 3,984 | — | |
| 2024 | #60 | 3,583 | — | |
| 2023 | #60 | 3,592 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #63 | 3,524 | — | |
| 2021 | #76 | 3,331 | — | |
| 2020 | #75 | 3,315 | — | |
| 2019 | #85 | 3,186 | — | |
| 2018 | #98 | 2,948 | — | |
| 2017 | #106 | 2,837 | — | |
| 2016 | #109 | 2,875 | — | |
| 2015 | #104 | 2,953 | — | |
| 2014 | #91 | 3,394 | — | |
| 2013 | #76 | 3,753 | — | |
| 2012 | #52 | 4,581 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #51 | 4,732 | #8,079 | 9 |
| 2010 | #59 | 4,416 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #65 | 4,267 | — | |
| 2008 | #75 | 4,065 | — | |
| 2007 | #82 | 3,988 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #123 | 2,784 | — | |
| 2005 | #136 | 2,440 | — | |
| 2004 | #135 | 2,388 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #151 | 2,231 | — | |
| 2002 | #149 | 2,245 | — | |
| 2001 | #151 | 2,173 | — | |
| 2000 | #160 | 2,101 | — | |
| 1999 | #184 | 1,685 | — | |
| 1998 | #255 | 1,216 | — | |
| 1997 | #267 | 1,081 | — | |
| 1996 | #330 | 854 | — | |
| 1995 | #379 | 697 | — | |
| 1994 | #413 | 602 | — | |
| 1993 | #454 | 552 | — | |
| 1992 | #482 | 512 | — | |
| 1991 | #555 | 421 | — | |
| 1990 | #605 | 373 | — | |
| 1989 | #630 | 334 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #747 | 251 | — | |
| 1987 | #750 | 239 | — | |
| 1986 | #791 | 213 | — | |
| 1985 | #802 | 206 | — | |
| 1984 | #930 | 158 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,037 | 135 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,345 | 92 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,580 | 74 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,528 | 77 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,569 | 73 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,523 | 73 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,358 | 83 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,638 | 60 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,430 | 73 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,364 | 76 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,478 | 64 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,364 | 73 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,516 | 66 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,293 | 83 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,226 | 83 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,147 | 88 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,046 | 97 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,096 | 92 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,042 | 101 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,172 | 88 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,036 | 107 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,121 | 94 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,199 | 85 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,117 | 94 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,135 | 88 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,037 | 102 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,144 | 85 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,027 | 99 | — | |
| 1955 | #961 | 106 | — | |
| 1954 | #940 | 105 | — | |
| 1953 | #927 | 104 | — | |
| 1952 | #854 | 116 | — | |
| 1951 | #787 | 128 | — | |
| 1950 | #809 | 116 | — | |
| 1949 | #748 | 131 | — | |
| 1948 | #810 | 114 | — | |
| 1947 | #791 | 120 | — | |
| 1946 | #785 | 110 | — | |
| 1945 | #749 | 100 | — | |
| 1944 | #753 | 103 | — | |
| 1943 | #699 | 119 | — | |
| 1942 | #622 | 145 | — | |
| 1941 | #530 | 174 | — | |
| 1940 | #527 | 170 | — | |
| 1939 | #546 | 150 | — | |
| 1938 | #499 | 178 | — | |
| 1937 | #459 | 204 | — | |
| 1936 | #454 | 198 | — | |
| 1935 | #408 | 251 | — | |
| 1934 | #403 | 262 | — | |
| 1933 | #366 | 300 | — | |
| 1932 | #326 | 378 | — | |
| 1931 | #309 | 425 | — | |
| 1930 | #287 | 524 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #250 | 632 | — | |
| 1928 | #235 | 708 | — | |
| 1927 | #215 | 883 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | #203 | 953 | — | |
| 1925 | #190 | 1,102 | — | |
| 1924 | #170 | 1,372 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #159 | 1,490 | — | |
| 1922 | #153 | 1,582 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #136 | 1,865 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | #129 | 1,965 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1919 | #109 | 2,200 | — | |
| 1918 | #108 | 2,300 | #3,096 | 8 |
| 1917 | #100 | 2,382 | #3,217 | 7 |
| 1916 | #101 | 2,198 | #3,177 | 7 |
| 1915 | #97 | 2,112 | — | |
| 1914 | #100 | 1,584 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | #113 | 1,122 | — | |
| 1912 | #117 | 989 | — | |
| 1911 | #125 | 671 | — | |
| 1910 | #132 | 621 | — | |
| 1909 | #144 | 496 | — | |
| 1908 | #133 | 523 | — | |
| 1907 | #146 | 451 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | #155 | 384 | — | |
| 1905 | #153 | 374 | — | |
| 1904 | #149 | 359 | — | |
| 1903 | #158 | 311 | — | |
| 1902 | #170 | 279 | — | |
| 1901 | #151 | 324 | — | |
| 1900 | #162 | 338 | — | |
| 1899 | #161 | 278 | — | |
| 1898 | #181 | 259 | — | |
| 1897 | #150 | 308 | — | |
| 1896 | #170 | 258 | — | |
| 1895 | #173 | 240 | — | |
| 1894 | #173 | 234 | — | |
| 1893 | #163 | 235 | — | |
| 1892 | #177 | 203 | — | |
| 1891 | #166 | 203 | — | |
| 1890 | #168 | 206 | — | |
| 1889 | #170 | 172 | — | |
| 1888 | #168 | 171 | — | |
| 1887 | #164 | 149 | — | |
| 1886 | #152 | 156 | — | |
| 1885 | #165 | 125 | — | |
| 1884 | #162 | 120 | — | |
| 1883 | #163 | 103 | — | |
| 1882 | #155 | 110 | — | |
| 1881 | #171 | 78 | — | |
| 1880 | #156 | 83 | — | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2011 at #51 (4,732 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 19 yrs · run 2007–2014
- Top 1,000: 118 yrs · run 1880–1955
- Highest: 1 in 372 girls born in 2011 were named Sophie (0.27%)
- Latest: 1 in 403 girls born in 2025 (0.25%)
- 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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,267 | #152 (1886) | #163 |
| 1890s | 2,424 | #150 (1897) | #168 |
| 1900s | 3,839 | #133 (1908) | #152 |
| 1910s | 16,179 | #97 (1915) | #110 |
| 1920s | 12,552 | #129 (1920) | #184 |
| 1930s | 2,870 | #287 (1930) | #406 |
| 1940s | 1,286 | #527 (1940) | #701 |
| 1950s | 1,049 | #787 (1951) | #962 |
| 1960s | 929 | #1,036 (1963) | #1,120 |
| 1970s | 724 | #1,293 (1970) | #1,453 |
| 1980s | 1,779 | #630 (1989) | #1,014 |
| 1990s | 7,993 | #184 (1999) | #392 |
| 2000s | 28,682 | #65 (2009) | #123 |
| 2010s | 35,675 | #51 (2011) | #83 |
| 2020s | 21,329 | #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 2010
Top girls' names in 2010
Top boys' names in 2010
More about 2010
girls
1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 403 of them was named Sophie, which outranked 99.7% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 319,779 of them was named Sophie, which outranked 24.6% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #9,693Zuhayr7
- #9,693Zyere7
- #9,693Zyree7
- #10,766Sophie6
- #10,766Aakarsh6
- #10,766Aaliyah6
- #10,766Aarib6
- #12,231Aadhavan5
- #12,231Aaidan5
- #12,231Aamarion5
Tied with 1,464 names at #10,766; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.