Rising since 1985, #9 for girls today.
Popularity of Sofia since 1881
Babies named Sofia per year in U.S. Social Security records.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1880s | 45 |
| 1890s | 113 |
| 1900s | 166 |
| 1910s | 429 |
| 1920s | 628 |
| 1930s | 454 |
| 1940s | 380 |
| 1950s | 515 |
| 1960s | 898 |
| 1970s | 1,576 |
| 1980s | 2,643 |
| 1990s | 7,827 |
| 2000s | 43,380 |
| 2010s | 82,402 |
| 2020s | 45,288 |
Meaning & origin
The f-spelling of Sophia is anything but secondary: Sofia is how most of the world writes the name, from Madrid to Milan to Stockholm, and its American constituency reflects that. Where Sophia's strongholds sit in New England, Sofia runs strongest in the District of Columbia, New Mexico, and Nevada, a map that tracks the preference of Spanish-speaking families for the spelling used throughout Latin America.
Sofia has been climbing since 1985, reached its peak in 2015, and in 2025 still held the No. 9 position nationally, given to roughly one of every 195 newborn girls. Counted together with Sophia at No. 5, the sound remains one of the most popular in the country. What Sofia offers over its twin is a touch more warmth and portability, the same Greek word for wisdom, the same royal pedigree, spelled the way a grandmother in Bogotá or Palermo would spell it, with Sofi and Fia as its natural short forms.
Sofia shares every root with Sophia: the Greek word for "wisdom," carried through early Christianity, the legend of St. Sophia, and centuries of royal use across Europe. The f-spelling is not a modern variant but the standard form in most of the world, Spanish Sofía, Italian and Scandinavian Sofia, Polish Zofia, and it is also the name of Bulgaria's capital, itself named for a church of Holy Wisdom. In the American data Sofia appears as early as 1881, but its rise is a late-twentieth-century story: climbing steadily since 1985, powered substantially by Spanish- and Italian-speaking families, it peaked in 2015 and has held in the national top ten alongside its ph-spelled twin.
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Where Sofia is most popular
Births per 100,000 girls by state. Press play or drag the slider to watch it move across the decades. The lightest shade means too few recorded births.
“Sofia” around the world
Where Sofia lands in the latest official birth statistics abroad, matched to the U.S. spelling.
France
#33
in 2024
Ireland
#23
in 2025
New Zealand
#43
in 2025
Quebec
#6
in 2025
Australia (NSW)
#13
in 2025
Sources: INSEE (France) · CSO Ireland (Ireland) · NZ Dept of Internal Affairs (New Zealand) · Retraite Québec (Quebec) · NSW Registry of BDM (Australia (NSW)).
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Sofi, Fia
Famous people named Sofia
- Sofia Coppola · Academy Award–winning filmmaker
- Sofia Carson · American actress and singer
- Sofia Kenin · tennis player, 2020 Australian Open champion
Sibling names for Sofia
Names that share Sofia's style, for a brother or sister.
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Names like Sofia
Names whose popularity has moved with Sofia's over the last 50 years.

