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Girl's name · #5 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave
Sophia reached its best rank, #1, in 2011 and remains near the top at #5 today. It has spent 3 years as America's #1 name.
See where Sophia is more common.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Sophia is especially popular in Germany, Austria, and Australia (NSW).
#1 in Germany (2025) · #5 in Austria (2025) · #6 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #9 in Scotland (2025) · #11 in New Zealand (2025) · #12 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #13 in England & Wales (2025) · #14 in Ireland (2025) · #16 in N. Ireland (2025) · #18 in Switzerland (2025) · #22 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #27 in Puerto Rico (2025) and 9 more.
Among 1,159 notable people named Sophia:
Medical professionals appear 2.33× more often than among typical names — e.g. Sophia Jex-Blake, British physician and suffragist (1840–1912).
Popular twin pairings with Sophia include Olivia, Isabella, and Emma for girls, and Samuel, Nicholas, and Noah for boys.
Together with its spelling variant Sofia (#9), Sophia would be America's #1 girls' name with about 20,800 births last year — the newborns split roughly 60/40 between Sophia and Sofia.
About 3,600 girls a year are given Sophie as their full name.
Similar names: Sofia · Isabella · Zoe · Mia · Chloe · Maya
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