How Many People Are Named Sofia?
people named Sofia are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,863 people in the US has this name
Based on 186,931 babies named Sofia in Social Security records from 1881 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
9,711 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Form of SOPHIA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Sofia in English. Counting Sofia and these spellings together, about 791,977 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Sofia (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sofia alive today is about 13 years old, and 95% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 17 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sofia first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 2015, to 9,711 babies. In 2025, 8,261 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sofia reached #9 among girls' names in 2025, and was in the top 10 for 2 years, 2024 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #9.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9 |
| Best rank | #9 (2025) |
| Years in the top 10 | 2 |
| Years in the top 100 | 23 (2003 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #18 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sofia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sofia were born in California than in any other state: about 38,640 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sofia was given 1.9 times as often in District of Columbia, 1.7 times in New Mexico and 1.6 times in Rhode Island.
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