Sophia Girl
How popular is Sophia?
#5 girl name in 2025
12,561 baby girls were named Sophia in the US in 2025, making it the 5th most popular girl name. Another 11 boys got the name (#7,190 for boys).
Sophia popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #5 for girls (▲ 1 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 12,561 girls, 11 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-28% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3 in 2015, #4 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2012 (22,336 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1 in 2011 (3 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 9% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Sophia 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 Sophia is most popular
Babies named Sophia per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Delaware: 18.9 per 1,000 (214 girls)
- Rhode Island: 17.7 per 1,000 (222 girls)
- Wyoming: 17.4 per 1,000 (74 girls)
- Vermont: 16.3 per 1,000 (79 girls)
- District of Columbia: 14.1 per 1,000 (167 girls)
Sophia by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,865 | #116 |
| 1890s | 2,522 | #144 |
| 1900s | 2,460 | #179 |
| 1910s | 5,237 | #225 |
| 1920s | 3,277 | #279 |
| 1930s | 1,117 | #553 |
| 1940s | 1,054 | #675 |
| 1950s | 1,578 | #595 |
| 1960s | 4,908 | #367 |
| 1970s | 4,581 | #385 |
| 1980s | 10,823 | #210 |
| 1990s | 24,503 | #53 |
| 2000s | 119,251 | #4 |
| 2010s | 181,174 | #1 |
| 2020s | 74,758 | #4 |
Girl names about as popular as Sophia
Questions
- Is Sophia a boy or girl name?
- Sophia is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Sophia were girls.
- How popular is the name Sophia?
- 12,561 baby girls were named Sophia in the US in 2025, making it the 5th most popular girl name. Another 11 boys got the name (#7,190 for boys).
- When was Sophia most popular?
- Sophia peaked in 2012, when 22,336 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1, held for 3 years starting in 2011.
- How many people are named Sophia?
- 439,619 babies have been named Sophia in the US since 1880. We estimate about 419,102 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Sophia most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Sophia was most common in Delaware, at 18.9 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.