Sophia
Few names outrank Sophia this year, it stands #5, neither climbing nor fading. The records carry it back to 1880, but its real era is now, 439,108 American children have carried it so far.
What Sophia carries
Sophia · Greek
“wisdom”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Sophia’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Sophia, 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.
Sophia since 1880
Sophia peaked in 2012 at #1; #5 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Sophia is most common
By share of a state's recorded girls' names, Sophia runs strongest in Vermont at 2.26% in 2025, then Delaware and District of Columbia.
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 Sophia
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Sofia
#9 in 2025 · Greek
Sophie
#55 in 2025 · Greek
Sebastian
#16 in 2025 · Greek
Miles
#44 in 2025 · Greek
Theodore
#4 in 2025 · Greek
Angel
#67 in 2025 · Greek
Lydia
#92 in 2025 · Greek
Myles
#100 in 2025 · Greek
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About Sophia
How common is Sophia today?
Few names outrank Sophia this year, it stands #5, neither climbing nor fading. The full curve since 1880 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
Does Sophia have a meaning on record?
“wisdom” is the meaning our source sets down, of Greek origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Which names sit near Sophia?
The recipe puts Sofia first, then Sebastian, on shared origin, a peak within fifteen years, matching syllables and a shared first letter. Run the sibling matcher with your own names for a list scored against them.
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