NameTides

Sophie

Sophie was the #55 girls' name in the US in 2025 (3,984 babies), and #63 in England & Wales and #18 in Canada.

Sophie as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Sophie 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.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandScotlandNorthern IrelandCanadaEngland & WalesUS
Sophie 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.012.52537.5501880192019602000
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#55 (3,984)#63 (724)#12 (168)#15 (68)#6 (246)#18 (666)#22 (189)#23 (188)
2024#60 (3,583)#50 (886)#17 (164)#14 (74)#1 (294)#18 (678)#23 (199)—
2023#60 (3,592)#51 (940)#13 (189)#12 (84)#4 (283)#18 (680)#23 (193)#14 (203)
2022#63 (3,524)#39 (1,115)#7 (233)#21 (71)#4 (292)#16 (729)#24 (214)#20 (205)
2021#76 (3,331)#30 (1,375)#8 (238)#6 (128)#4 (336)#23 (719)#20 (246)#17 (235)
2020#75 (3,315)#26 (1,525)#6 (275)#7 (123)#4 (328)#15 (745)#15 (276)#12 (259)
2019#85 (3,186)#23 (1,727)#4 (308)#9 (123)#4 (330)#27 (677)#15 (270)#16 (261)
2018#98 (2,948)#17 (2,007)#4 (331)#4 (155)#4 (344)#24 (746)#20 (261)#14 (227)
2017#106 (2,837)#16 (2,129)#4 (370)#6 (132)#5 (364)#27 (707)#13 (299)#12 (246)
2016#109 (2,875)#14 (2,505)#3 (416)#5 (155)#5 (369)#27 (721)#16 (325)#11 (262)
2015#104 (2,953)#11 (2,779)#2 (468)#4 (179)#4 (407)#27 (726)#12 (339)#9 (242)
2014#91 (3,394)#10 (2,905)#2 (542)#3 (180)#2 (468)#23 (761)#10 (397)#7 (313)
2013#76 (3,753)#9 (3,013)#1 (516)#3 (194)#3 (497)#17 (903)#9 (454)#6 (332)
2012#52 (4,581)#9 (3,496)#1 (619)#1 (250)#2 (577)#14 (1,021)#8 (503)#8 (357)
2011#51 (4,732)#6 (3,923)#1 (659)#1 (265)#2 (582)#10 (1,132)#6 (519)#11 (321)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2011 at #51.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 400 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 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 400common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 350common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 110very common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 110very common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 86very common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 220common

Next year

On its recent trend, Sophie is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 370 to 1 in 420.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sophie by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #50MEWisconsin: #51WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #45NHWashington: #44WAIdaho: #89IDMontana: #50MTNorth Dakota: #91NDMinnesota: #42MNIllinois: #60ILMichigan: #49MINew York: #53NYMassachusetts: #37MAOregon: #55ORNevada: #141NVWyoming: #16WYSouth Dakota: #14SDIowa: #67IAIndiana: #56INOhio: #61OHPennsylvania: #48PANew Jersey: #79NJConnecticut: #41CTRhode Island: #40RICalifornia: #59CAUtah: #23UTColorado: #45CONebraska: #78NEMissouri: #65MOKentucky: #99KYWest Virginia: #107WVVirginia: #50VAMaryland: #41MDDelaware: #46DEArizona: #78AZNew Mexico: #82NMKansas: #67KSArkansas: #58ARTennessee: #55TNNorth Carolina: #62NCSouth Carolina: #104SCDistrict of Columbia: #18DCOklahoma: #80OKLouisiana: #64LAMississippi: #99MSAlabama: #76ALGeorgia: #54GAHawaii: #36HITexas: #75TXFlorida: #60FL
Sophie (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
Ontario2024#22276
Quebec2025#5594

Sophie (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
SophieCanadaGirls#18666
SophieEngland & WalesGirls#63724
Sophie-England & WalesGirls—too few
SophieIrelandGirls#6246
SophieNorthern IrelandGirls#1568
SophieNSWGirls#22189
SophieScotlandGirls#12168
SophieUSGirls#553,984
SophieUSBoys—too few
SophieVICGirls#23188