girls:
170.3k births since 1881
#230 (96th percentile)
boys:
173 births since 1974
#4413 (4th percentile)
overall:
170.5k births since 1881
#443 (94th percentile)
The name Sofia is the #443 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 170,466 recorded births since 1881. This represents the 94.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 94.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #230 (96.0% percentile) for all time with 170,293 births since 1881. For boys, it ranks #4,413 (3.7% percentile) for all time with 173 births since 1974.
Sofia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1881 (1881 for girls and 1974 for boys). Birth data for Sofia is available in 139 out of the 143 years between 1881 and 2023 (139 years for girls and 21 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Sofia has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.9% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Sofia reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 98.9% percentile (ranked #12) with 4,911 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 4,971 births per million (ranked 98.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Sofia ranks #12 for girls (98.8% percentile) with 4,368 births per million, which is 87.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Sofia reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #835) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Sofia ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 54.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sofia".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Sofia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.3% confident that Sofia is pronounced as soh-FEE-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SOH-fee-uh, at 26.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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