Sofya — #10703 US girls' name
274 babies named Sofya in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 39% of names given to girls today.
47% of everyone ever named Sofya was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Sofya in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sofya
The Social Security Administration has registered 274 babies named Sofya between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sofya currently holds the #10703 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sofya performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 130 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sofya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Sofya in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sofya in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 274 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Sofya at a glance
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Current rank
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Sofya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2001
- Peak year (2011)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
Currently ranks #10703 among girls.
274 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 23 births in a single year.
Sofya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 130 births that decade — 47% of Sofya's all-time total
Sofya decade highlights
- Peak decade 130 births
- Runner-up 92 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Sofya's strongest decade
130 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Sofya by state
Where Sofya concentrates geographically — total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 11 | 4.0% |
| #2 | California | | 6 | 2.2% |
11 of 274 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 4.0% of nationwide
- California 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 4.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2001–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.