NameTides

Sofia

Sofia was the #9 girls' name in the US in 2025 (8,252 babies), and #17 in England & Wales and #6 in Canada.

Sofia as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Sofia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandIrelandNorthern IrelandCanadaEngland & WalesUS
Sofia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#9 (8,252)#17 (1,490)#17 (142)#32 (49)#23 (145)#6 (997)#13 (245)#26 (183)
2024#10 (8,113)#12 (1,626)#22 (147)#70 (28)#25 (154)#6 (933)#19 (228)#22 (200)
2023#12 (7,665)#19 (1,514)#21 (140)#48 (42)#29 (156)#9 (906)#20 (226)#46 (118)
2022#13 (7,285)#20 (1,576)#21 (149)#56 (40)#38 (140)#12 (800)#32 (175)#37 (138)
2021#18 (6,983)#23 (1,671)#29 (123)#55 (41)#30 (162)#11 (920)#23 (231)#44 (137)
2020#17 (6,990)#23 (1,623)#25 (139)#55 (39)#35 (141)#13 (824)#33 (190)#48 (128)
2019#17 (7,402)#26 (1,688)#43 (99)#76 (31)#41 (139)#15 (831)#35 (179)#50 (120)
2018#17 (7,667)#29 (1,728)#40 (117)#42 (56)#43 (126)#18 (811)#41 (154)#41 (111)
2017#15 (8,175)#31 (1,664)#43 (113)#50 (43)#43 (137)#16 (871)#38 (157)#55 (86)
2016#14 (9,179)#29 (1,683)#41 (111)#51 (45)#42 (156)#13 (931)#37 (169)#46 (90)
2015#14 (9,702)#31 (1,640)#49 (96)#44 (51)#41 (144)#15 (947)#35 (180)#51 (84)
2014#12 (9,612)#28 (1,692)#40 (115)#36 (64)#42 (148)#12 (984)#38 (170)#45 (100)
2013#13 (9,169)#30 (1,610)#48 (111)#53 (43)#41 (155)#12 (982)#32 (194)#45 (102)
2012#18 (7,837)#43 (1,336)#60 (87)#48 (51)#64 (105)#18 (901)#35 (180)#83 (65)
2011#19 (7,331)#47 (1,249)#62 (91)#93 (27)#58 (130)#18 (837)#32 (187)#87 (60)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2015 at #14.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1881.

How common is it?

about 1 in 190 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 5. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 190very common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 170very common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 130very common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 150very common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 150very common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 150very common

Next year

On its recent trend, Sofia is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 180 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 180 to 1 in 190.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sofia by state, 2025Alaska: #70AKMaine: #131MEWisconsin: #34WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #45NHWashington: #9WAIdaho: #41IDMontana: #71MTNorth Dakota: #117NDMinnesota: #45MNIllinois: #7ILMichigan: #42MINew York: #9NYMassachusetts: #17MAOregon: #13ORNevada: #7NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #97SDIowa: #33IAIndiana: #25INOhio: #49OHPennsylvania: #32PANew Jersey: #9NJConnecticut: #8CTRhode Island: #23RICalifornia: #8CAUtah: #73UTColorado: #8CONebraska: #24NEMissouri: #55MOKentucky: #52KYWest Virginia: #181WVVirginia: #14VAMaryland: #17MDDelaware: #14DEArizona: #10AZNew Mexico: #4NMKansas: #41KSArkansas: #25ARTennessee: #46TNNorth Carolina: #12NCSouth Carolina: #28SCDistrict of Columbia: #7DCOklahoma: #26OKLouisiana: #76LAMississippi: #96MSAlabama: #71ALGeorgia: #14GAHawaii: #28HITexas: #8TXFlorida: #8FL
Sofia (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#6366
Ontario2024#8369

Sofia (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SofiaCanadaGirls#6997
SofiaEngland & WalesGirls#171,490
SofiaIrelandGirls#23145
SofíaIrelandGirls#4837
SofiaNorthern IrelandGirls#3249
SofiaNSWGirls#13245
SofiaScotlandGirls#17142
SofiaUSGirls#98,252
SofiaUSBoys#8,2439
SofiaVICGirls#26183