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Girl's name · #9 in the US (2025) · Trending
Sofia is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1881, it stood at #9 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 187,000 girls have been named Sofia along the way.
See where Sofia is more common.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 50 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Sofia is a leading choice across several countries and regions, reaching #1 in Mexico, Italy, and Switzerland.
#1 in Mexico (2024) · #1 in Italy (2024) · #1 in Switzerland (2025) · #1 in Slovakia (2025) · #1 in Finland (other-lang.) (2025) · #2 in Spain (2024) · #2 in Denmark (2025) · #4 in Philippines (2024) · #4 in Argentina (2025) · #5 in Ecuador (2025) · #6 in Belgium (2025) · #7 in Finland (Finnish-sp.) (2025) and 22 more.
Among 1,728 notable people named Sofia:
Entertainers appear 1.81× more often than among typical names — e.g. Sofia Rotaru, Ukrainian singer, songwriter and actress.
Together with its spelling variant Sophia (#5), Sofia would be America's #1 girls' name with about 20,800 births last year — the newborns split roughly 60/40 between Sophia and Sofia.
Similar names: Sophia · Lily · Zoe · Mia · Chloe · Maya
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