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Sophia

Used in both girl and boy records

Sophia appears in both girl and boy US naming records. Compare the two independent popularity histories, ranks, and peak years.

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Sophia by gender

Each record below preserves the original rank, use count, active years, and peak year for that gender. The spelling is shared; the data histories are not combined.

GIRL RECORDSophia as a girl’s nameUS records 1880–2024
#53girl rank2012peak year
Read girl record ↗BOY RECORDSophia as a boy’s nameUS records 1917–2024
#5662boy rank2004peak year
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Popularity ledger

Girl and boy use over time

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Trace the annual recorded uses of Sophia in the national name files. Hover a peak marker, move across the chart, or use the arrow keys to inspect an exact annual count and rank.

At a glance

RecordPeak yearHighest rankObserved usage
Girl201222,320 uses#120111880–2020141 listed years
Boy200440 uses#264320041917–202039 listed years

Annual counts and within-year ranks from the SSA national-name archive, 1880–2020. Names with fewer than five births in a year are not listed in the source files.

Origin of the spelling

Origin & meaning

OriginAncient Greek
MeaningFrom Greek sophia, “wisdom.”

Sophia is the Greek word for wisdom. The name has a long religious, literary, and royal history in Europe, and its variants appear across many languages.

It became prominent in Britain through the Hanoverian royal family and later rose again in the United States from the 1990s.

Related forms

SofiaSophieSofía

Reviewed 2026-08-15 · Sources