Recorded 1982–2022 Girls' name Peak 2013 344 births

Sophea — girls' name

344 babies named Sophea in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s531990s152000s982010s1652020s13
2010s
Peak decade

48% of everyone ever named Sophea was born in this single decade.

2013
Single peak year

26 babies were named Sophea in 2013 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sophea

The Social Security Administration has registered 344 babies named Sophea between 1982 and 2022, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sophea currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sophea performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 165 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Sophea shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 25 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sophea in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sophea 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 344 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.

Sophea at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

344

Since 1982

41 years of records

Peak year

2013

26 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1982

Recorded for 41 years

Last year on file: 2022

Sophea popularity over time — girls

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1982

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2013)
26
Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
051015202530 20222017201320092005199419871982 7

Sophea popularity over time — boys

5 total births recorded since 1988 (Sophea as boys' name)

Unisex variant — 5 births
5 1988 5

Sophea by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
165 births that decade — 48% of Sophea's all-time total
1980s531990s152000s982010s1652020s13

Sophea by state

Where Sophea concentrates geographically — total births since 1982

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Sophea
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
25 7.3%
California share of Sophea's total US births 7.3%

25 of 344 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sophea?
344 babies have been named Sophea since 1982. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2013 with 26 births.
When was Sophea most popular?
Sophea was most popular in the 2010s decade with 165 total births. The single peak year was 2013.
Where is Sophea most popular?
The top states for the name Sophea are California (25 births).
How long has the name Sophea been used?
Sophea has been recorded in Social Security data since 1982, spanning 41 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Sophea?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Sophia, Sophie, Sophronia, Sophya, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1982–2022 (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.