Sophronia
Sophronia was given to 6 girls in 2025, #14,707 among girls’ names; 1,530 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Sophronia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Sophronia mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Sophronia is “a female given name from Ancient Greek.”
/səˈfɹoʊ.ni.ə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Sophronia?
#14,707 among girls’ names, 2025
Sophronia rose from #16,181 in 2015 to #14,707 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 3.4 to 3.7 per million.
33 babies in 1900, the peak
Sophronia peaked in 1900, when 33 girls were given it, #622 among girls’ names. The 6 births of 2025 are 18% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #14,707 | under 0.01 |
| 2023 | 5 | #17,298 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 5 | #17,436 | under 0.01 |
| 2021 | 8 | #12,061 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 10 | #10,597 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 7 | #14,159 | under 0.01 |
| 2015 | 6 | #16,181 | under 0.01 |
| 2014 | 7 | #14,374 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 7 | #14,406 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 6 | #16,591 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (114)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 6 | #17,021 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 6 | #17,220 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 5 | #20,167 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 7 | #14,939 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 6 | #15,091 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 5 | #15,811 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 7 | #9,010 | under 0.01 |
| 1982 | 7 | #9,081 | under 0.01 |
| 1981 | 5 | #11,940 | under 0.01 |
| 1979 | 5 | #11,693 | under 0.01 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,869 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 8 | #7,181 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,922 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 6 | #8,587 | under 0.01 |
| 1973 | 5 | #9,592 | under 0.01 |
| 1970 | 8 | #6,281 | under 0.01 |
| 1969 | 7 | #6,508 | under 0.01 |
| 1968 | 5 | #8,027 | under 0.01 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,688 | under 0.01 |
| 1965 | 5 | #7,385 | under 0.01 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,412 | under 0.01 |
| 1963 | 8 | #5,232 | under 0.01 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,495 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 6 | #6,469 | under 0.01 |
| 1960 | 5 | #7,170 | under 0.01 |
| 1958 | 6 | #6,012 | under 0.01 |
| 1957 | 16 | #3,017 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,673 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,689 | under 0.01 |
| 1954 | 16 | #2,877 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 19 | #2,505 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,433 | under 0.01 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,917 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,394 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,978 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 17 | #2,480 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 13 | #3,050 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 11 | #3,195 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,642 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 14 | #2,494 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,220 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 18 | #2,106 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 10 | #3,007 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,710 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,896 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 13 | #2,431 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,299 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 9 | #3,078 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,389 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,991 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,843 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,867 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,735 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,862 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,721 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 16 | #2,270 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,840 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 27 | #1,616 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 22 | #1,884 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 17 | #2,298 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 17 | #2,253 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 26 | #1,676 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 28 | #1,614 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 24 | #1,747 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 16 | #2,245 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 17 | #2,194 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 20 | #1,831 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 26 | #1,477 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 27 | #1,397 | 0.03 |
| 1914 | 22 | #1,380 | 0.03 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,222 | 0.04 |
| 1912 | 23 | #1,111 | 0.04 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,532 | 0.03 |
| 1910 | 15 | #1,202 | 0.04 |
| 1909 | 19 | #959 | 0.05 |
| 1908 | 16 | #1,040 | 0.05 |
| 1907 | 19 | #894 | 0.06 |
| 1906 | 19 | #867 | 0.06 |
| 1905 | 11 | #1,230 | 0.04 |
| 1904 | 20 | #833 | 0.07 |
| 1903 | 24 | #689 | 0.09 |
| 1902 | 14 | #964 | 0.05 |
| 1901 | 10 | #1,126 | 0.04 |
| 1900 | 33 | #622 | 0.11 |
| 1899 | 19 | #753 | 0.08 |
| 1898 | 15 | #914 | 0.06 |
| 1897 | 15 | #864 | 0.06 |
| 1896 | 21 | #703 | 0.09 |
| 1895 | 26 | #605 | 0.11 |
| 1894 | 13 | #901 | 0.06 |
| 1893 | 19 | #685 | 0.09 |
| 1892 | 17 | #724 | 0.08 |
| 1891 | 13 | #788 | 0.07 |
| 1890 | 15 | #724 | 0.08 |
| 1889 | 17 | #639 | 0.10 |
| 1888 | 22 | #545 | 0.12 |
| 1887 | 17 | #559 | 0.12 |
| 1886 | 17 | #554 | 0.12 |
| 1885 | 16 | #556 | 0.12 |
| 1884 | 19 | #478 | 0.15 |
| 1883 | 11 | #609 | 0.10 |
| 1882 | 14 | #502 | 0.13 |
| 1881 | 16 | #432 | 0.17 |
| 1880 | 15 | #448 | 0.16 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Sophronia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Sophronia has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 114 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Sophronia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Sophronia, and how old are they?
An estimated 408 Americans named Sophronia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (27% of everyone recorded); the median is 64 years old and half are between 42 and 77. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 444 people named Sophronia (442 women and girls, 2 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 456 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% below that prediction.
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).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Sophronia
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 Sophronia and names like it
- Compare Sophronia and TildaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1900sSophronia peaked in 1900.
- Georgia’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Sophronia since 1910.
- Ancient Greek namesWiktionary’s origin for Sophronia: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1900The year the most babies were named Sophronia.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Sophronia alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with SMost given first.