Sophia
Greek sophia, meaning wisdom, honoured by early Christians as a virtue name and attached to a saint venerated in the Eastern church.
Sophia in 2025
Sophia was given to 12,572 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 9th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 264 babies born.
The history of Sophia
Sophia has been the single most popular name in the country 3 times, and reached its highest point in 2012, when 22,354 babies were given the name.
Across the 146 years of records since 1880, 439,619 babies have been named Sophia. Half of them were born before 2011, which places the name's centre of gravity with Generation Z.
Sophia by decade
| Decade | Babies named Sophia | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,865 | 203 |
| 1890s | 2,522 | 217 |
| 1900s | 2,460 | 265 |
| 1910s | 5,242 | 357 |
| 1920s | 3,277 | 513 |
| 1930s | 1,122 | 1,014 |
| 1940s | 1,054 | 1,222 |
| 1950s | 1,578 | 1,045 |
| 1960s | 4,919 | 661 |
| 1970s | 4,586 | 700 |
| 1980s | 10,875 | 410 |
| 1990s | 24,537 | 127 |
| 2000s | 119,402 | 13 |
| 2010s | 181,369 | 1 |
| 2020s | 74,811 | 8 |
Where Sophia is heading
Sophia has fallen 28% over the past decade, from 17,468 babies in 2015 to 12,572 in 2025.
Names like Sophia
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Sophia.