Sofia Girl
How popular is Sofia?
#9 girl name in 2025
8,252 baby girls were named Sofia in the US in 2025, making it the 9th most popular girl name. Another 9 boys got the name (#8,239 for boys).
Sofia popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #9 for girls (▲ 1 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 8,252 girls, 9 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-15% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #14 in 2015, #17 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2015 (9,702 girls) |
| Highest rank | #9 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1881 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 6% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Sofia counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Sophia family of names ranked #1 for girls in 2025, with 20,830 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sophia | 12,561 | 60% |
| Sofia | 8,252 | 40% |
| Sophya | 5 | 0% |
| Sofya | 12 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Sofia is most popular
Babies named Sofia per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 10.8 per 1,000 (128 girls)
- Rhode Island: 10.1 per 1,000 (126 girls)
- Delaware: 9.6 per 1,000 (109 girls)
- New Mexico: 9.6 per 1,000 (233 girls)
- Nevada: 8.8 per 1,000 (409 girls)
Sofia by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 45 | #731 |
| 1890s | 113 | #719 |
| 1900s | 166 | #638 |
| 1910s | 429 | #698 |
| 1920s | 628 | #853 |
| 1930s | 454 | #800 |
| 1940s | 380 | #1,062 |
| 1950s | 515 | #1,240 |
| 1960s | 898 | #936 |
| 1970s | 1,576 | #789 |
| 1980s | 2,643 | #609 |
| 1990s | 7,827 | #195 |
| 2000s | 43,380 | #36 |
| 2010s | 82,402 | #12 |
| 2020s | 45,288 | #9 |
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Questions
- Is Sofia a boy or girl name?
- Sofia is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Sofia were girls.
- How popular is the name Sofia?
- 8,252 baby girls were named Sofia in the US in 2025, making it the 9th most popular girl name. Another 9 boys got the name (#8,239 for boys).
- When was Sofia most popular?
- Sofia peaked in 2015, when 9,702 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #9 in 2025.
- How many people are named Sofia?
- 186,931 babies have been named Sofia in the US since 1880. We estimate about 183,654 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Sofia most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Sofia was most common in District of Columbia, at 10.8 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.