Sofia
Right now Sofia holds #9 in the country, and more parents pick it every year. An old entry (1881) having its biggest moment now, with 186,744 American bearers across the record.
What Sofia carries
Sofia · Greek
“wisdom”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Sofia’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Sofia, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Sofia since 1881
Sofia peaked in 2015 at #14; #9 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Sofia is most common
By share of a state's recorded girls' names, Sofia runs strongest in District of Columbia at 1.44% in 2025, then New Mexico and Nevada.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Sofia
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Sophia
#5 in 2025 · Greek
Sophie
#55 in 2025 · Greek
Sebastian
#16 in 2025 · Greek
Miles
#44 in 2025 · Greek
Angel
#67 in 2025 · Greek
Lydia
#92 in 2025 · Greek
Myles
#100 in 2025 · Greek
Margot
#102 in 2025 · Greek
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About Sofia
How popular is the name Sofia?
Right now Sofia holds #9 in the country, and more parents pick it every year. The full curve since 1881 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
Does Sofia have a meaning on record?
The gloss on record reads “wisdom”, of Greek origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
What names go with Sofia?
Sophia, Sophie and Sebastian sit nearest to Sofia on origin, era, syllables and first letter. Put your own names into the sibling matcher for a list scored against them.
Get Sofia’s free Name Kit
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