Meaning not yet researched.
Sofia: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 8,252 in 2025. Its best rank was #9 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. About 99.8% of babies named Sofia in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#9 for US girls in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Sofia: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 8,252 girls in 2025. Peak: #9 in 2025 · most girls in one year: 9,702 (2015).
In 2025, 8,252 US girls were named Sofia, making it the 9th most common girls’ name of the year, up 1 place from #10 in 2024. That is 139 more than the 8,113 girls named Sofia in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #9, reached in this year, 2025. The most girls given the name in a single year was 9,702, in 2015. For comparison, it was #14 in 2015 and #1,248 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Sofia in 141 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 6 babies. In all, 186,931 US babies have been given the name, 99.8% of them girls and 0.1% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 82,480 babies named Sofia.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 77,711 US girls were named Sofia; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 9,179. In 2025 that was about 1 in 195 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Sofia ranked highest in New Mexico in 2025, at #4 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 45 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Sophia (439,619 babies since 1880), Sophie (138,694 babies since 1880), Sonja (39,557 babies since 1880) and Sofie (5,003 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Sofi, Fia and Sofya are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Sofie and Sophie.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Catalan, Dutch, Estonian, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian and Swedish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Sofi (705), Fia (643), Sofya (287), Sofiah (247), Zsofia (142), Sufia (70), Sofiyah (60), Sofee (28), Zofie (24), Sofy (14), Sufi (12), Sohvi (10), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 2 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 60 | #4 | #7 |
| Illinois | 343 | #7 | #7 |
| Nevada | 99 | #8 | #8 |
| Texas | 1,307 | #8 | #6 |
| California | 1,339 | #8 | #7 |
| Colorado | 177 | #8 | #15 |
| District of Columbia | 29 | #8 | #4 |
| Florida | 705 | #8 | #8 |
| Connecticut | 99 | #9 | #12 |
| New Jersey | 292 | #9 | #11 |
| Washington | 211 | #9 | #15 |
| New York | 545 | #9 | #13 |
| Arizona | 215 | #10 | #7 |
| North Carolina | 275 | #13 | #23 |
| Georgia | 227 | #14 | #26 |
| Virginia | 198 | #14 | #17 |
| Oregon | 84 | #16 | #16 |
| Delaware | 21 | #17 | #19 |
| Massachusetts | 166 | #17 | #18 |
| Maryland | 117 | #17 | #19 |
| Nebraska | 42 | #24 | #46 |
| Indiana | 127 | #25 | #42 |
| Rhode Island | 22 | #25 | #22 |
| Arkansas | 55 | #26 | #45 |
| Oklahoma | 75 | #26 | #26 |
| Hawaii | 15 | #29 | #116 |
| South Carolina | 87 | #30 | #59 |
| Pennsylvania | 200 | #32 | #39 |
| Iowa | 56 | #33 | #65 |
| Wisconsin | 89 | #36 | #48 |
| Michigan | 136 | #42 | #55 |
| Kansas | 50 | #42 | #20 |
| Tennessee | 111 | #47 | #63 |
| Minnesota | 81 | #47 | #70 |
| Idaho | 35 | #48 | #37 |
| Ohio | 158 | #49 | #74 |
| New Hampshire | 21 | #50 | #63 |
| Kentucky | 63 | #55 | #65 |
| Missouri | 79 | #58 | #65 |
| Utah | 53 | #74 | #48 |
| Alabama | 53 | #75 | #89 |
| Montana | 12 | #78 | #211 |
| Louisiana | 46 | #79 | #61 |
| Alaska | 8 | #86 | #38 |
| Mississippi | 23 | #98 | #170 |
| South Dakota | 10 | #116 | #55 |
| North Dakota | 8 | #138 | #112 |
| Maine | 8 | #150 | #183 |
| West Virginia | 9 | #203 | #111 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8,252 | #9 | 9 | #8,819 |
| 2024 | 8,113 | #10 | 5 | #13,960 |
| 2023 | 7,665 | #12 | 8 | #9,624 |
| 2022 | 7,285 | #13 | 8 | #9,712 |
| 2021 | 6,983 | #18 | 6 | #11,936 |
| 2020 | 6,990 | #17 | 8 | #9,437 |
| 2019 | 7,402 | #17 | 14 | #6,362 |
| 2018 | 7,667 | #17 | 8 | #9,543 |
| 2017 | 8,175 | #15 | 7 | #10,607 |
| 2016 | 9,179 | #14 | 8 | #9,547 |
| 2015 | 9,702 | #14 | 9 | #8,634 |
| 2014 | 9,612 | #12 | 9 | #8,696 |
| 2013 | 9,169 | #13 | 10 | #8,018 |
| 2012 | 7,837 | #18 | 6 | #12,068 |
| 2011 | 7,331 | #19 | — | — |
| 2010 | 6,328 | #28 | 7 | #10,592 |
| 2009 | 5,696 | #36 | — | — |
| 2008 | 5,985 | #36 | 7 | #10,873 |
| 2007 | 6,049 | #36 | 8 | #9,649 |
| 2006 | 5,082 | #55 | 9 | #8,626 |
| 2005 | 5,162 | #52 | 6 | #11,271 |
| 2004 | 4,475 | #69 | 17 | #4,975 |
| 2003 | 3,488 | #97 | — | — |
| 2002 | 3,061 | #112 | — | — |
| 2001 | 2,288 | #145 | — | — |
| 2000 | 2,094 | #161 | — | — |
| 1999 | 1,604 | #195 | 5 | #11,374 |
| 1998 | 1,346 | #232 | — | — |
| 1997 | 1,183 | #249 | — | — |
| 1996 | 767 | #361 | — | — |
| 1995 | 607 | #429 | — | — |
| 1994 | 510 | #490 | — | — |
| 1993 | 558 | #447 | — | — |
| 1992 | 453 | #526 | — | — |
| 1991 | 450 | #519 | — | — |
| 1990 | 349 | #644 | — | — |
| 1989 | 323 | #642 | 8 | #6,146 |
| 1988 | 282 | #682 | — | — |
| 1987 | 317 | #610 | — | — |
| 1986 | 245 | #728 | — | — |
| 1985 | 264 | #683 | — | — |
| 1984 | 252 | #675 | — | — |
| 1983 | 262 | #659 | — | — |
| 1982 | 240 | #723 | — | — |
| 1981 | 266 | #664 | — | — |
| 1980 | 192 | #821 | — | — |
| 1979 | 194 | #817 | — | — |
| 1978 | 177 | #841 | — | — |
| 1977 | 190 | #791 | — | — |
| 1976 | 160 | #856 | — | — |
| 1975 | 157 | #855 | — | — |
| 1974 | 144 | #895 | 5 | #5,898 |
| 1973 | 139 | #903 | — | — |
| 1972 | 132 | #935 | — | — |
| 1971 | 157 | #862 | — | — |
| 1970 | 126 | #994 | — | — |
| 1969 | 129 | #939 | — | — |
| 1968 | 90 | #1,132 | — | — |
| 1967 | 104 | #1,009 | — | — |
| 1966 | 95 | #1,080 | — | — |
| 1965 | 90 | #1,120 | — | — |
| 1964 | 92 | #1,151 | — | — |
| 1963 | 84 | #1,200 | — | — |
| 1962 | 78 | #1,257 | — | — |
| 1961 | 67 | #1,372 | — | — |
| 1960 | 69 | #1,337 | — | — |
| 1959 | 64 | #1,346 | — | — |
| 1958 | 60 | #1,376 | — | — |
| 1957 | 56 | #1,423 | — | — |
| 1956 | 44 | #1,613 | — | — |
| 1955 | 54 | #1,368 | — | — |
| 1954 | 51 | #1,420 | — | — |
| 1953 | 48 | #1,421 | — | — |
| 1952 | 38 | #1,576 | — | — |
| 1951 | 45 | #1,411 | — | — |
| 1950 | 55 | #1,248 | — | — |
| 1949 | 46 | #1,371 | — | — |
| 1948 | 39 | #1,491 | — | — |
| 1947 | 51 | #1,286 | — | — |
| 1946 | 35 | #1,504 | — | — |
| 1945 | 33 | #1,416 | — | — |
| 1944 | 36 | #1,362 | — | — |
| 1943 | 39 | #1,320 | — | — |
| 1942 | 24 | #1,755 | — | — |
| 1941 | 31 | #1,415 | — | — |
| 1940 | 46 | #1,077 | — | — |
| 1939 | 43 | #1,099 | — | — |
| 1938 | 39 | #1,179 | — | — |
| 1937 | 23 | #1,623 | — | — |
| 1936 | 43 | #1,078 | — | — |
| 1935 | 49 | #991 | — | — |
| 1934 | 35 | #1,219 | — | — |
| 1933 | 47 | #1,023 | — | — |
| 1932 | 37 | #1,191 | — | — |
| 1931 | 60 | #897 | — | — |
| 1930 | 78 | #807 | — | — |
| 1929 | 60 | #930 | — | — |
| 1928 | 71 | #869 | — | — |
| 1927 | 64 | #951 | — | — |
| 1926 | 47 | #1,111 | — | — |
| 1925 | 76 | #858 | — | — |
| 1924 | 68 | #927 | — | — |
| 1923 | 61 | #949 | — | — |
| 1922 | 57 | #995 | — | — |
| 1921 | 64 | #934 | — | — |
| 1920 | 60 | #948 | — | — |
| 1919 | 49 | #1,038 | — | — |
| 1918 | 44 | #1,122 | — | — |
| 1917 | 58 | #914 | — | — |
| 1916 | 52 | #958 | — | — |
| 1915 | 44 | #1,010 | — | — |
| 1914 | 38 | #968 | — | — |
| 1913 | 42 | #820 | — | — |
| 1912 | 32 | #899 | — | — |
| 1911 | 33 | #764 | — | — |
| 1910 | 37 | #702 | — | — |
| 1909 | 38 | #642 | — | — |
| 1908 | 18 | #967 | — | — |
| 1907 | 17 | #943 | — | — |
| 1906 | 19 | #866 | — | — |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,401 | — | — |
| 1904 | 11 | #1,161 | — | — |
| 1903 | 11 | #1,130 | — | — |
| 1902 | 12 | #1,066 | — | — |
| 1901 | 14 | #911 | — | — |
| 1900 | 17 | #939 | — | — |
| 1899 | 10 | #1,089 | — | — |
| 1898 | 21 | #745 | — | — |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,768 | — | — |
| 1896 | 11 | #1,038 | — | — |
| 1895 | 12 | #975 | — | — |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,336 | — | — |
| 1893 | 10 | #1,012 | — | — |
| 1892 | 15 | #790 | — | — |
| 1891 | 14 | #746 | — | — |
| 1890 | 8 | #1,085 | — | — |
| 1889 | 12 | #795 | — | — |
| 1888 | 12 | #790 | — | — |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,284 | — | — |
| 1886 | 10 | #772 | — | — |
| 1881 | 6 | #812 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).