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Sofiya

Girl's name · #3165 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Sofiya reached its best rank, #2325, in 2024 and ranked #3165 in 2025. About 1,200 girls have carried it since 1994.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 5 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#425 in Poland (2025) · #767 in Netherlands (2025) · #1,452 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,472 in Belgium (2025) · #1,769 in France (2025) · #1,802 in Austria (2025) · #1,278 in Canada (2024).

Famous Sofiyas

• Sofiya Velikaya — Russian fencer
• Sofiya Nalepinska-Boychuk — Ukrainian printmaker (1884–1937)
• Sofiya Lyskun — Former Ukrainian, now Russian diver
• Sofiya Qureshi — Indian Army officer and United Nations peacekeeper
• Sofiya Kalistratova — Russian-Soviet political activist (1907–1989)

What Sofiyas become

Among 82 notable people named Sofiya:

Sports figures appear 1.96× more often than among typical names — e.g. Sofiya Velikaya, Russian fencer.

Spellings & nicknames

Sofiya is a rare spelling of Sophia (#5) and Sofia (#9) — fewer than 1% of babies given the name are written this way.

Similar names: Zofia · Arina · Sonny · Adaya · Harmonii · Vanya

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