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Sophia

Girls' name · Current

Living in the US
~418,900 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#5 among girls
Births in 2025
12,572 439,619 since 1880
Typical age
13 years, median

Sophia popularity over time

Sophia rank by birth year, 1880–2025Sophia ranked #117 in 1880 and #5 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #1, in 2011.#1#10#100#1,000#5best #1 in 201118901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Sophia in 2012 than in any other year — 22,354 of them. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. It has held a top-100 place in 29 separate years.

In 2025 it ranked #5 with 12,572 births. Over ten years the count has fallen 28%.

Babies named Sophia per yearPeaks at 22,354 births in 2012.22,354 in 2012018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Sophia?

Roughly 418,900 Sophias are alive in the US right now. That is out of 439,619 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Sophia?

The typical living Sophia is 13 years old. The 2010s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Sophia a current name.

Your Sophia

Ages of living people named SophiaHalf of living Sophias are older than 13 and half younger.median 13020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Sophia is most common

Sophia is 2.0× as common in Rhode Island as it is nationally. Vermont, Delaware and Wyoming follow.

Where Sophia is used more than average5 states use the name Sophia more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: 1.9× the national rateVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: 1.8× the national rateWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: 2.0× the national rateRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: 1.9× the national rateDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: 1.7× the national rateNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Sophia is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Rhode Island 480 2.0×
Vermont 180 1.9×
Delaware 409 1.9×
Wyoming 157 1.8×
New Mexico 840 1.7×

Sophia in England and Wales

ONS recorded 1,547 births named Sophia in 2025, ranking it #13. That is 24% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Sophia comes from

Chiefly from Latin Sophia, from Ancient Greek Σοφία, from σοφία (“wisdom”), especially in reference to holy or divine wisdom under the influence of Biblical Hebrew חוכמה, to the early martyr St. Sophia, and to many figures of European royalty and nobility. Also used as a calque for the many cognate forms, such as Italian Sofia, Ukrainian Софі́я, Russian Софи́я, Polish Zofia, etc. Doublet of Sofia.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Sophia

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Sophia Bush American actress 1982 60
Sophia of Hanover Princess of the Palatinate, Electress of Hanover, heir presumptive and ancestor of British monarchs following the Act of Settlement 1701 1630–1714 46
Sophia of Nassau Swedish queen 1836–1913 42
Sophia Lillis American actress 2002 42
Sophia Dorothea of Celle wife of George I of Great Britain 1666–1726 40
Sophia Tolstaya Russian writer 1844–1919 39
Sophia Myles English actress 1980 36
Sophia Magdalena of Denmark Queen consort of Sweden 1746–1813 34
Photo credits (6)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 641 in 1980 to 1,240 in 1981 — 1.9 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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