Sophie
Sophie was given to 3,984 girls in 2025, #55 among girls’ names; 138,694 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 98,400 Americans named Sophie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (71% of everyone recorded); the median is 15 years old and half are between 8 and 21.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Sophie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Sophie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Sophie is “a female given name from French Sophie, equivalent to English Sophia of Ancient Greek origin.”
Also “a diminutive of the female given name Sophia.”
/ˈsəʊfi/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Sophie?
#55 among girls’ names, 2025
Sophie rose from #104 in 2015 to #55 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 1.7 to 2.5 per 1,000.
4,741 babies in 2011, the peak
Sophie peaked in 2011, when 4,741 babies were given it (4,732 girls, #51 among girls’ names). The 3,984 births of 2025 are 84% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,984 | #55 | 2.5 |
| 2024 | 3,583 | #60 | 2.2 |
| 2023 | 3,592 | #60 | 2.2 |
| 2022 | 3,524 | #63 | 2.1 |
| 2021 | 3,331 | #76 | 2.0 |
| 2020 | 3,315 | #75 | 2.1 |
| 2019 | 3,186 | #85 | 1.9 |
| 2018 | 2,948 | #98 | 1.7 |
| 2017 | 2,837 | #106 | 1.6 |
| 2016 | 2,875 | #109 | 1.6 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2,953 | #104 | 1.7 |
| 2014 | 3,394 | #91 | 1.9 |
| 2013 | 3,753 | #76 | 2.1 |
| 2012 | 4,581 | #52 | 2.6 |
| 2011 | 4,732 | #51 | 2.7 |
| 2010 | 4,416 | #59 | 2.5 |
| 2009 | 4,267 | #65 | 2.3 |
| 2008 | 4,065 | #75 | 2.1 |
| 2007 | 3,988 | #82 | 2.1 |
| 2006 | 2,784 | #124 | 1.5 |
| 2005 | 2,440 | #136 | 1.3 |
| 2004 | 2,388 | #135 | 1.3 |
| 2003 | 2,231 | #151 | 1.2 |
| 2002 | 2,245 | #149 | 1.2 |
| 2001 | 2,173 | #151 | 1.2 |
| 2000 | 2,101 | #160 | 1.2 |
| 1999 | 1,685 | #184 | 0.95 |
| 1998 | 1,216 | #255 | 0.69 |
| 1997 | 1,081 | #267 | 0.62 |
| 1996 | 854 | #330 | 0.49 |
| 1995 | 697 | #379 | 0.40 |
| 1994 | 602 | #414 | 0.34 |
| 1993 | 552 | #454 | 0.31 |
| 1992 | 512 | #484 | 0.28 |
| 1991 | 421 | #557 | 0.22 |
| 1990 | 373 | #605 | 0.20 |
| 1989 | 334 | #631 | 0.18 |
| 1988 | 251 | #749 | 0.14 |
| 1987 | 239 | #751 | 0.14 |
| 1986 | 213 | #791 | 0.12 |
| 1985 | 206 | #803 | 0.12 |
| 1984 | 158 | #933 | 0.09 |
| 1983 | 135 | #1,040 | 0.08 |
| 1982 | 92 | #1,353 | 0.05 |
| 1981 | 74 | #1,593 | 0.04 |
| 1980 | 77 | #1,541 | 0.05 |
| 1979 | 73 | #1,589 | 0.05 |
| 1978 | 73 | #1,534 | 0.05 |
| 1977 | 83 | #1,368 | 0.05 |
| 1976 | 60 | #1,657 | 0.04 |
| 1975 | 73 | #1,437 | 0.05 |
| 1974 | 76 | #1,368 | 0.05 |
| 1973 | 64 | #1,494 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 73 | #1,379 | 0.05 |
| 1971 | 66 | #1,526 | 0.04 |
| 1970 | 83 | #1,304 | 0.05 |
| 1969 | 83 | #1,232 | 0.05 |
| 1968 | 88 | #1,155 | 0.05 |
| 1967 | 97 | #1,059 | 0.06 |
| 1966 | 92 | #1,101 | 0.05 |
| 1965 | 101 | #1,047 | 0.06 |
| 1964 | 88 | #1,181 | 0.05 |
| 1963 | 107 | #1,040 | 0.06 |
| 1962 | 94 | #1,125 | 0.05 |
| 1961 | 85 | #1,202 | 0.04 |
| 1960 | 94 | #1,123 | 0.05 |
| 1959 | 88 | #1,141 | 0.04 |
| 1958 | 102 | #1,039 | 0.05 |
| 1957 | 85 | #1,149 | 0.04 |
| 1956 | 99 | #1,032 | 0.05 |
| 1955 | 106 | #963 | 0.05 |
| 1954 | 105 | #943 | 0.05 |
| 1953 | 104 | #927 | 0.06 |
| 1952 | 116 | #854 | 0.06 |
| 1951 | 128 | #787 | 0.07 |
| 1950 | 116 | #811 | 0.07 |
| 1949 | 131 | #750 | 0.08 |
| 1948 | 114 | #813 | 0.07 |
| 1947 | 120 | #794 | 0.07 |
| 1946 | 110 | #785 | 0.07 |
| 1945 | 100 | #753 | 0.08 |
| 1944 | 103 | #757 | 0.08 |
| 1943 | 119 | #704 | 0.09 |
| 1942 | 145 | #623 | 0.11 |
| 1941 | 174 | #532 | 0.14 |
| 1940 | 170 | #527 | 0.15 |
| 1939 | 150 | #547 | 0.14 |
| 1938 | 178 | #502 | 0.16 |
| 1937 | 204 | #460 | 0.19 |
| 1936 | 198 | #455 | 0.19 |
| 1935 | 251 | #409 | 0.24 |
| 1934 | 262 | #404 | 0.25 |
| 1933 | 300 | #367 | 0.30 |
| 1932 | 378 | #327 | 0.35 |
| 1931 | 425 | #309 | 0.40 |
| 1930 | 524 | #287 | 0.47 |
| 1929 | 632 | #251 | 0.57 |
| 1928 | 708 | #235 | 0.61 |
| 1927 | 883 | #215 | 0.74 |
| 1926 | 953 | #203 | 0.80 |
| 1925 | 1,102 | #190 | 0.91 |
| 1924 | 1,372 | #170 | 1.1 |
| 1923 | 1,490 | #159 | 1.2 |
| 1922 | 1,582 | #153 | 1.3 |
| 1921 | 1,865 | #136 | 1.5 |
| 1920 | 1,965 | #129 | 1.6 |
| 1919 | 2,200 | #109 | 1.9 |
| 1918 | 2,300 | #108 | 2.0 |
| 1917 | 2,382 | #100 | 2.2 |
| 1916 | 2,198 | #101 | 2.1 |
| 1915 | 2,112 | #97 | 2.1 |
| 1914 | 1,584 | #100 | 2.1 |
| 1913 | 1,122 | #113 | 1.8 |
| 1912 | 989 | #117 | 1.8 |
| 1911 | 671 | #125 | 1.6 |
| 1910 | 621 | #133 | 1.6 |
| 1909 | 496 | #144 | 1.4 |
| 1908 | 523 | #133 | 1.6 |
| 1907 | 451 | #146 | 1.4 |
| 1906 | 384 | #156 | 1.3 |
| 1905 | 374 | #153 | 1.3 |
| 1904 | 359 | #150 | 1.3 |
| 1903 | 311 | #159 | 1.2 |
| 1902 | 279 | #171 | 1.1 |
| 1901 | 324 | #153 | 1.4 |
| 1900 | 338 | #163 | 1.1 |
| 1899 | 278 | #163 | 1.2 |
| 1898 | 259 | #182 | 1.0 |
| 1897 | 308 | #151 | 1.3 |
| 1896 | 258 | #172 | 1.1 |
| 1895 | 240 | #173 | 1.0 |
| 1894 | 234 | #173 | 1.0 |
| 1893 | 235 | #163 | 1.1 |
| 1892 | 203 | #178 | 1.0 |
| 1891 | 203 | #166 | 1.1 |
| 1890 | 206 | #168 | 1.1 |
| 1889 | 172 | #172 | 1.0 |
| 1888 | 171 | #169 | 1.0 |
| 1887 | 149 | #166 | 1.0 |
| 1886 | 156 | #152 | 1.1 |
| 1885 | 125 | #165 | 0.94 |
| 1884 | 120 | #163 | 0.93 |
| 1883 | 103 | #164 | 0.92 |
| 1882 | 110 | #155 | 1.0 |
| 1881 | 78 | #171 | 0.85 |
| 1880 | 83 | #159 | 0.91 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Sophie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Sophie has been given almost only to girls: 117 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Sophie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Sophie, and how old are they?
98,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 71% of the 138,694 Americans ever recorded as Sophie. The median Sophie alive today is 15 years old; half are between 8 and 21.
The 2020 Census counted 86,141 people named Sophie (86,022 women and girls, 119 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 79,941 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 | 1,000 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,530 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,170 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 5,590 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 46,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 43,000 |
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 Sophie born?
The states with the most babies named Sophie are California, Texas and Florida, with 26% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 437 | #59 | 0.9× |
| Texas | 337 | #75 | 0.7× |
| Florida | 242 | #61 | 0.8× |
| New York | 235 | #53 | 1.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 164 | #48 | 1.3× |
| Ohio | 135 | #61 | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 135 | #62 | 0.6× |
| Georgia | 132 | #56 | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 130 | #60 | 1.2× |
| Michigan | 120 | #49 | 1.0× |
Where Sophie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Sophie is most over-represented in Connecticut: since 1910 it was given 1.9 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 Sophie 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 585,724 babies since 1880, Sophie is the second most given (24% of them). In 2025 it was given to 3,984 of their 16,722 babies (24%), 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 Sophie
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 Sophie and names like it
- Compare Sophie and SophiaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sSophie peaked in 2011.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Sophie since 1910.
- Ancient Greek namesWiktionary’s origin for Sophie: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2011The year the most babies were named Sophie.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Sophie alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with SMost given first.