Sofia
Sofia was given to 8,252 girls in 2025, #9 among girls’ names; 186,931 Americans have been recorded with it since 1881 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 183,000 Americans named Sofia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (98% of everyone recorded); the median is 12 years old and half are between 7 and 18.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Sofia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Sofia mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Sofia is “a female given name, variant of Sophia.” Its etymology gives the sense “wisdom, especially divine wisdom” (Σοφία).
Variant spelling of Sophia and from various other languages' own adaptations of Ancient Greek Σοφία (Sophía, “wisdom, especially divine wisdom”). Sometimes borrowed into English as an anglicization of an accented or closely related form, as with Spanish Sofía, Welsh Soffia, and Hungarian Zsófia. Compare the name of the Hagia Sophia.
/ˈsoʊfiə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Sofia?
#9 among girls’ names, 2025
Sofia rose from #14 in 2015 to #9 in 2025 among girls’ names, although its share of girls born fell from 5.4 to 5.1 per 1,000.
9,711 babies in 2015, the peak
Sofia peaked in 2015, when 9,711 babies were given it (9,702 girls, #14 among girls’ names). The 8,261 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 85% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8,252 | #9 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 8,113 | #10 | 5.0 |
| 2023 | 7,665 | #12 | 4.8 |
| 2022 | 7,285 | #13 | 4.4 |
| 2021 | 6,983 | #18 | 4.3 |
| 2020 | 6,990 | #17 | 4.3 |
| 2019 | 7,402 | #17 | 4.4 |
| 2018 | 7,667 | #17 | 4.5 |
| 2017 | 8,175 | #15 | 4.7 |
| 2016 | 9,179 | #14 | 5.2 |
Every recorded year (141)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 9,702 | #14 | 5.4 |
| 2014 | 9,612 | #12 | 5.4 |
| 2013 | 9,169 | #13 | 5.2 |
| 2012 | 7,837 | #18 | 4.5 |
| 2011 | 7,331 | #19 | 4.2 |
| 2010 | 6,328 | #28 | 3.6 |
| 2009 | 5,696 | #36 | 3.1 |
| 2008 | 5,985 | #36 | 3.2 |
| 2007 | 6,049 | #36 | 3.1 |
| 2006 | 5,082 | #55 | 2.7 |
| 2005 | 5,162 | #52 | 2.8 |
| 2004 | 4,475 | #69 | 2.4 |
| 2003 | 3,488 | #97 | 1.9 |
| 2002 | 3,061 | #112 | 1.7 |
| 2001 | 2,288 | #145 | 1.3 |
| 2000 | 2,094 | #161 | 1.2 |
| 1999 | 1,604 | #195 | 0.90 |
| 1998 | 1,346 | #232 | 0.76 |
| 1997 | 1,183 | #249 | 0.68 |
| 1996 | 767 | #361 | 0.44 |
| 1995 | 607 | #429 | 0.35 |
| 1994 | 510 | #490 | 0.29 |
| 1993 | 558 | #447 | 0.31 |
| 1992 | 453 | #526 | 0.25 |
| 1991 | 450 | #519 | 0.24 |
| 1990 | 349 | #643 | 0.18 |
| 1989 | 323 | #641 | 0.18 |
| 1988 | 282 | #682 | 0.16 |
| 1987 | 317 | #610 | 0.18 |
| 1986 | 245 | #728 | 0.14 |
| 1985 | 264 | #683 | 0.15 |
| 1984 | 252 | #675 | 0.15 |
| 1983 | 262 | #659 | 0.16 |
| 1982 | 240 | #723 | 0.14 |
| 1981 | 266 | #664 | 0.16 |
| 1980 | 192 | #821 | 0.12 |
| 1979 | 194 | #817 | 0.12 |
| 1978 | 177 | #841 | 0.12 |
| 1977 | 190 | #791 | 0.12 |
| 1976 | 160 | #856 | 0.11 |
| 1975 | 157 | #855 | 0.11 |
| 1974 | 144 | #895 | 0.10 |
| 1973 | 139 | #903 | 0.10 |
| 1972 | 132 | #935 | 0.09 |
| 1971 | 157 | #862 | 0.09 |
| 1970 | 126 | #994 | 0.07 |
| 1969 | 129 | #939 | 0.08 |
| 1968 | 90 | #1,132 | 0.05 |
| 1967 | 104 | #1,009 | 0.06 |
| 1966 | 95 | #1,080 | 0.06 |
| 1965 | 90 | #1,120 | 0.05 |
| 1964 | 92 | #1,151 | 0.05 |
| 1963 | 84 | #1,200 | 0.04 |
| 1962 | 78 | #1,257 | 0.04 |
| 1961 | 67 | #1,371 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 69 | #1,336 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 64 | #1,345 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 60 | #1,375 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 56 | #1,422 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 44 | #1,612 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 54 | #1,367 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 51 | #1,419 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 48 | #1,420 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 38 | #1,575 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 45 | #1,410 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 55 | #1,247 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 46 | #1,370 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 39 | #1,490 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 51 | #1,285 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 35 | #1,503 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 33 | #1,415 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 36 | #1,361 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 39 | #1,319 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 24 | #1,754 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 31 | #1,415 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 46 | #1,077 | 0.04 |
| 1939 | 43 | #1,099 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 39 | #1,179 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 23 | #1,623 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 43 | #1,078 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 49 | #991 | 0.05 |
| 1934 | 35 | #1,219 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 47 | #1,023 | 0.05 |
| 1932 | 37 | #1,191 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 60 | #897 | 0.06 |
| 1930 | 78 | #807 | 0.07 |
| 1929 | 60 | #930 | 0.05 |
| 1928 | 71 | #869 | 0.06 |
| 1927 | 64 | #951 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 47 | #1,111 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 76 | #858 | 0.06 |
| 1924 | 68 | #927 | 0.05 |
| 1923 | 61 | #949 | 0.05 |
| 1922 | 57 | #995 | 0.05 |
| 1921 | 64 | #934 | 0.05 |
| 1920 | 60 | #948 | 0.05 |
| 1919 | 49 | #1,038 | 0.04 |
| 1918 | 44 | #1,122 | 0.04 |
| 1917 | 58 | #914 | 0.05 |
| 1916 | 52 | #958 | 0.05 |
| 1915 | 44 | #1,010 | 0.04 |
| 1914 | 38 | #968 | 0.05 |
| 1913 | 42 | #820 | 0.07 |
| 1912 | 32 | #899 | 0.06 |
| 1911 | 33 | #764 | 0.08 |
| 1910 | 37 | #702 | 0.09 |
| 1909 | 38 | #642 | 0.11 |
| 1908 | 18 | #967 | 0.05 |
| 1907 | 17 | #943 | 0.05 |
| 1906 | 19 | #866 | 0.06 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,400 | 0.03 |
| 1904 | 11 | #1,161 | 0.04 |
| 1903 | 11 | #1,130 | 0.04 |
| 1902 | 12 | #1,066 | 0.05 |
| 1901 | 14 | #911 | 0.06 |
| 1900 | 17 | #939 | 0.06 |
| 1899 | 10 | #1,089 | 0.04 |
| 1898 | 21 | #745 | 0.08 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,767 | 0.02 |
| 1896 | 11 | #1,038 | 0.05 |
| 1895 | 12 | #975 | 0.05 |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,335 | 0.03 |
| 1893 | 10 | #1,012 | 0.05 |
| 1892 | 15 | #790 | 0.07 |
| 1891 | 14 | #746 | 0.08 |
| 1890 | 8 | #1,085 | 0.04 |
| 1889 | 12 | #795 | 0.07 |
| 1888 | 12 | #790 | 0.07 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,284 | 0.03 |
| 1886 | 10 | #772 | 0.07 |
| 1881 | 6 | #812 | 0.07 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Sofia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Sofia has been given almost only to girls: 187 boys in 141 years of records.
Girls and boys named Sofia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Sofia, and how old are they?
183,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 98% of the 186,931 Americans ever recorded as Sofia. The median Sofia alive today is 12 years old; half are between 7 and 18.
The 2020 Census counted 151,654 people named Sofia (151,408 women and girls, 246 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 140,400 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 203 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 851 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,130 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 6,000 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 68,400 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 106,000 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Sofia born?
The states with the most babies named Sofia are California, Texas and Florida, with 41% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 1,339 | #8 | 1.6× |
| Texas | 1,307 | #8 | 1.5× |
| Florida | 705 | #8 | 1.4× |
| New York | 545 | #9 | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 343 | #7 | 1.2× |
| New Jersey | 292 | #9 | 1.3× |
| North Carolina | 275 | #13 | 0.6× |
| Georgia | 227 | #14 | 0.6× |
| Arizona | 215 | #10 | 1.1× |
| Washington | 211 | #9 | 1.0× |
Where Sofia is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Sofia is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Sofia with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 634,109 babies since 1880, Sofia is the second most given (29% of them). In 2025 it was given to 8,261 of their 21,055 babies (39%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Sofia
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Sofia and names like it
- Compare Sofia and SophiaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sSofia peaked in 2015.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Sofia since 1910.
- The top names of 2015The year the most babies were named Sofia.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Sofia alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with SMost given first.