How Many People Are Named Sophie?
people named Sophie are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,466 people in the US has this name
Based on 138,694 babies named Sophie in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
4,741 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
French form of SOPHIA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Sophie in English. Counting Sophie and these spellings together, about 99,040 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Sophie in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sophie alive today is about 16 years old, and 91% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 20 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sophie first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2011, to 4,741 babies. In 2025, 3,984 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been rising.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sophie never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #51, in 2011, and it was in the top 100 in 19 years between 1914 and 2025. In 2025 it ranked #55.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #55 |
| Best rank | #51 (2011) |
| Years in the top 100 | 19 (1914 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #79 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sophie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sophie were born in California than in any other state: about 12,363 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sophie was given 2.5 times as often in Connecticut, 2.1 times in District of Columbia and 2.1 times in Massachusetts.
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