Girls' name · since 1893
Sopha
Sopha has 10 recorded births since 1893 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1893 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #56,594 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1893
- 1890s
- peak decade
Sopha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 10 recorded since 1893.
Sopha has 10 recorded births among girls since 1893, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1890s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1893 to 1917.
- #56,594 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 10 born since 1893
- 1890s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sopha ranks #56,594 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 10 born since 1893, peaking in the 1890s.
- #56,594 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1893
- 1890s
- peak decade
Sopha's 10 recorded births place it above 21.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sopha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sopha's SSA record in two at 1917 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1893, with only 5 births recorded.
Sopha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1893–1917
- Peak year (1893)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Sopha by decade
1890s is the heaviest window (5 births, 50% of the file).
1890s was Sopha's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Sopha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s
1890s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1890s at 5 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Sopha's usage has stayed within range of its 1890s decade-level peak (5 total births) through the 1910s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sopha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1893)
Similar record span (~24 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1893–1917 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sopha draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.