Sophia
Sophia is ranked 6th among girls in 2024 (12,088 births). It was the number one girl’s name in 2011–2013.
- Rank in 2024
- #6down 1 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 12,0880.75% of girls
- Peak year
- 201222,335 births
- Best rank
- #1first in 2011
- Since 1880
- 426,419people given the name
The story in the numbers
426,419 girls have been named Sophia in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2012, with 22,335 births — 1.3% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 3 → 6).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2011, and the 2010s alone account for 42%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 28 of them in the top 100 and 19 in the top 10.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Sophia | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,865 | |
| 1890s | 2,522 | |
| 1900s | 2,460 | |
| 1910s | 5,237 | |
| 1920s | 3,277 | |
| 1930s | 1,117 | |
| 1940s | 1,054 | |
| 1950s | 1,578 | |
| 1960s | 4,909 | |
| 1970s | 4,577 | |
| 1980s | 10,820 | |
| 1990s | 24,502 | |
| 2000s | 119,249 | |
| 2010s | 181,132 | |
| 2020s | 62,120 |
In 2012, its biggest year
Sophia was the most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2012 were Sophia, Emma, Isabella, Olivia and Ava. See all of 2012.
Names that rose and fell with Sophia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lilypeak 2011
- Sofiepeak 2012
- Maleahpeak 2009
- Skyleepeak 2013
- Jazlynnpeak 2011
- Isabellapeak 2010
- Malakpeak 2011
- Emmepeak 2009
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.