girls:
4.7k births since 1896
#2475 (57th percentile)
overall:
4.7k births since 1896
#3982 (49th percentile)
The name Sofie is the #3,982 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,711 recorded births since 1896. This represents the 48.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 48.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,475 (56.7% percentile) for all time with 4,711 births since 1896.
Sofie first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1896 (first recorded for girls in 1896). Birth data for Sofie is available in 90 out of the 128 years between 1896 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Sofie reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 26.6% percentile (ranked #688) with 131 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 131 births per million (ranked 26.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Sofie ranks #789 for girls (16.7% percentile) with 93 births per million, which is 71.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sofie".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Sofie", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 8 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Sophie" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Sophie..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Sofie. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 78.6% confident that Sofie is pronounced as SOH-fee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SAH-fee, at 21.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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