Meaning not yet researched.
Sophie: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 3,984 in 2025. Its best rank was #51 in 2011.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #51 in 2011; #55 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Sophie in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#55 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2011, at #51.
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Sophie: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 3,984 girls in 2025. Peak: #51 in 2011 · most girls in one year: 4,732 (2011).
In 2025, 3,984 US girls were named Sophie, making it the 55th most common girls’ name of the year, up 5 places from #60 in 2024. That is 401 more than the 3,583 girls named Sophie in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #51, reached in 2011. That year also had the most girls given the name: 4,732. For comparison, it was #104 in 2015 and #812 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Sophie in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 83 babies with the name. In all, 138,694 US babies have been given the name, 99.9% of them girls and 0.1% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 35,695 babies named Sophie.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 33,175 US girls were named Sophie; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 3,984. In 2025 that was about 1 in 403 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Sophie ranked highest in South Dakota in 2025, at #16 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 44 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Sophia (439,619 babies since 1880), Sofia (186,931 babies since 1880), Sofie (5,003 babies since 1880) and Zofia (2,013 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Sofija are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, English, French, German and Swedish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Sofija (378).
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.
No nicknames listed for Sophie in the open dataset we use.
Sophie is listed as a nickname for Sofia, Sophia.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | 27 | #16 | #126 |
| District of Columbia | 20 | #20 | #58 |
| Wyoming | 10 | #22 | #66 |
| Utah | 97 | #25 | #78 |
| Massachusetts | 116 | #37 | #73 |
| Maryland | 77 | #42 | #99 |
| Connecticut | 58 | #42 | #70 |
| Hawaii | 13 | #43 | #156 |
| Minnesota | 85 | #43 | #96 |
| Colorado | 90 | #45 | #94 |
| Washington | 108 | #46 | #82 |
| Rhode Island | 16 | #47 | #102 |
| Pennsylvania | 164 | #48 | #120 |
| Michigan | 120 | #49 | #180 |
| New Hampshire | 21 | #51 | #87 |
| Virginia | 110 | #51 | #122 |
| Wisconsin | 73 | #53 | #100 |
| New York | 235 | #53 | #77 |
| Delaware | 13 | #54 | #231 |
| Montana | 15 | #54 | #101 |
| Maine | 16 | #55 | #47 |
| Georgia | 132 | #56 | #132 |
| Indiana | 90 | #57 | #120 |
| Tennessee | 103 | #57 | #106 |
| California | 437 | #59 | #101 |
| Oregon | 47 | #59 | #94 |
| Arkansas | 40 | #59 | #111 |
| Illinois | 130 | #60 | #87 |
| Ohio | 135 | #61 | #168 |
| Florida | 242 | #61 | #113 |
| North Carolina | 135 | #62 | #125 |
| Missouri | 75 | #66 | #139 |
| Louisiana | 51 | #67 | #81 |
| Iowa | 40 | #68 | #132 |
| Kansas | 38 | #72 | #137 |
| Texas | 337 | #75 | #112 |
| Alabama | 52 | #77 | #109 |
| Arizona | 71 | #78 | #161 |
| New Jersey | 90 | #81 | #146 |
| Oklahoma | 41 | #82 | #106 |
| Nebraska | 24 | #85 | #83 |
| New Mexico | 15 | #91 | #110 |
| Idaho | 22 | #93 | #77 |
| North Dakota | 10 | #100 | #92 |
| Kentucky | 42 | #101 | #114 |
| Mississippi | 22 | #104 | #111 |
| South Carolina | 40 | #108 | #147 |
| West Virginia | 14 | #115 | #112 |
| Nevada | 17 | #149 | #165 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,984 | #55 | — | — |
| 2024 | 3,583 | #60 | — | — |
| 2023 | 3,592 | #60 | 6 | #12,052 |
| 2022 | 3,524 | #63 | — | — |
| 2021 | 3,331 | #76 | — | — |
| 2020 | 3,315 | #75 | — | — |
| 2019 | 3,186 | #85 | — | — |
| 2018 | 2,948 | #98 | — | — |
| 2017 | 2,837 | #106 | — | — |
| 2016 | 2,875 | #109 | — | — |
| 2015 | 2,953 | #104 | — | — |
| 2014 | 3,394 | #91 | — | — |
| 2013 | 3,753 | #76 | — | — |
| 2012 | 4,581 | #52 | 5 | #13,933 |
| 2011 | 4,732 | #51 | 9 | #8,665 |
| 2010 | 4,416 | #59 | 6 | #11,992 |
| 2009 | 4,267 | #65 | — | — |
| 2008 | 4,065 | #75 | — | — |
| 2007 | 3,988 | #82 | 9 | #8,821 |
| 2006 | 2,784 | #124 | — | — |
| 2005 | 2,440 | #136 | — | — |
| 2004 | 2,388 | #135 | 7 | #9,797 |
| 2003 | 2,231 | #151 | — | — |
| 2002 | 2,245 | #149 | — | — |
| 2001 | 2,173 | #151 | — | — |
| 2000 | 2,101 | #160 | — | — |
| 1999 | 1,685 | #184 | — | — |
| 1998 | 1,216 | #255 | — | — |
| 1997 | 1,081 | #267 | — | — |
| 1996 | 854 | #330 | — | — |
| 1995 | 697 | #379 | — | — |
| 1994 | 602 | #414 | — | — |
| 1993 | 552 | #454 | — | — |
| 1992 | 512 | #484 | — | — |
| 1991 | 421 | #557 | — | — |
| 1990 | 373 | #606 | — | — |
| 1989 | 334 | #632 | 7 | #6,837 |
| 1988 | 251 | #749 | — | — |
| 1987 | 239 | #751 | — | — |
| 1986 | 213 | #791 | — | — |
| 1985 | 206 | #803 | — | — |
| 1984 | 158 | #933 | — | — |
| 1983 | 135 | #1,040 | — | — |
| 1982 | 92 | #1,353 | — | — |
| 1981 | 74 | #1,593 | — | — |
| 1980 | 77 | #1,541 | — | — |
| 1979 | 73 | #1,589 | — | — |
| 1978 | 73 | #1,534 | — | — |
| 1977 | 83 | #1,368 | — | — |
| 1976 | 60 | #1,657 | — | — |
| 1975 | 73 | #1,437 | — | — |
| 1974 | 76 | #1,368 | — | — |
| 1973 | 64 | #1,494 | — | — |
| 1972 | 73 | #1,379 | — | — |
| 1971 | 66 | #1,526 | — | — |
| 1970 | 83 | #1,304 | — | — |
| 1969 | 83 | #1,232 | — | — |
| 1968 | 88 | #1,155 | — | — |
| 1967 | 97 | #1,059 | — | — |
| 1966 | 92 | #1,101 | — | — |
| 1965 | 101 | #1,047 | — | — |
| 1964 | 88 | #1,181 | — | — |
| 1963 | 107 | #1,040 | — | — |
| 1962 | 94 | #1,125 | — | — |
| 1961 | 85 | #1,203 | — | — |
| 1960 | 94 | #1,124 | — | — |
| 1959 | 88 | #1,142 | — | — |
| 1958 | 102 | #1,040 | — | — |
| 1957 | 85 | #1,150 | — | — |
| 1956 | 99 | #1,033 | — | — |
| 1955 | 106 | #964 | — | — |
| 1954 | 105 | #944 | — | — |
| 1953 | 104 | #928 | — | — |
| 1952 | 116 | #855 | — | — |
| 1951 | 128 | #788 | — | — |
| 1950 | 116 | #812 | — | — |
| 1949 | 131 | #751 | — | — |
| 1948 | 114 | #814 | — | — |
| 1947 | 120 | #795 | — | — |
| 1946 | 110 | #785 | — | — |
| 1945 | 100 | #753 | — | — |
| 1944 | 103 | #757 | — | — |
| 1943 | 119 | #704 | — | — |
| 1942 | 145 | #623 | — | — |
| 1941 | 174 | #532 | — | — |
| 1940 | 170 | #527 | — | — |
| 1939 | 150 | #547 | — | — |
| 1938 | 178 | #502 | — | — |
| 1937 | 204 | #460 | — | — |
| 1936 | 198 | #455 | — | — |
| 1935 | 251 | #409 | — | — |
| 1934 | 262 | #404 | — | — |
| 1933 | 300 | #367 | — | — |
| 1932 | 378 | #327 | — | — |
| 1931 | 425 | #309 | — | — |
| 1930 | 524 | #287 | 6 | #3,949 |
| 1929 | 632 | #251 | — | — |
| 1928 | 708 | #235 | — | — |
| 1927 | 883 | #215 | 6 | #4,154 |
| 1926 | 953 | #203 | — | — |
| 1925 | 1,102 | #190 | — | — |
| 1924 | 1,372 | #170 | 6 | #4,282 |
| 1923 | 1,490 | #159 | — | — |
| 1922 | 1,582 | #153 | 5 | #4,867 |
| 1921 | 1,865 | #136 | 7 | #3,820 |
| 1920 | 1,965 | #129 | 5 | #4,894 |
| 1919 | 2,200 | #109 | — | — |
| 1918 | 2,300 | #108 | 8 | #3,332 |
| 1917 | 2,382 | #100 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1916 | 2,198 | #101 | 7 | #3,467 |
| 1915 | 2,112 | #97 | — | — |
| 1914 | 1,584 | #100 | 6 | #3,221 |
| 1913 | 1,122 | #113 | — | — |
| 1912 | 989 | #117 | — | — |
| 1911 | 671 | #125 | — | — |
| 1910 | 621 | #133 | — | — |
| 1909 | 496 | #144 | — | — |
| 1908 | 523 | #133 | — | — |
| 1907 | 451 | #146 | 5 | #1,521 |
| 1906 | 384 | #156 | — | — |
| 1905 | 374 | #153 | — | — |
| 1904 | 359 | #150 | — | — |
| 1903 | 311 | #159 | — | — |
| 1902 | 279 | #171 | — | — |
| 1901 | 324 | #153 | — | — |
| 1900 | 338 | #163 | — | — |
| 1899 | 278 | #163 | — | — |
| 1898 | 259 | #182 | — | — |
| 1897 | 308 | #151 | — | — |
| 1896 | 258 | #172 | — | — |
| 1895 | 240 | #173 | — | — |
| 1894 | 234 | #173 | — | — |
| 1893 | 235 | #163 | — | — |
| 1892 | 203 | #178 | — | — |
| 1891 | 203 | #166 | — | — |
| 1890 | 206 | #168 | — | — |
| 1889 | 172 | #172 | — | — |
| 1888 | 171 | #169 | — | — |
| 1887 | 149 | #166 | — | — |
| 1886 | 156 | #152 | — | — |
| 1885 | 125 | #165 | — | — |
| 1884 | 120 | #163 | — | — |
| 1883 | 103 | #164 | — | — |
| 1882 | 110 | #155 | — | — |
| 1881 | 78 | #171 | — | — |
| 1880 | 83 | #159 | — | — |
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).