Sophie
For 2025 the count puts Sophie at #55 nationwide, with the curve still pointing up. It has been on the books since 1880 and never mattered more than it does today; 138,577 bearers and counting.
What Sophie carries
Sophie · Greek
“wisdom”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Sophie’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Sophie, 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.
Sophie since 1880
Sophie peaked in 2011 at #51; #55 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Sophie is most common
Sophie is most common in Wyoming: 1.23% of the state's recorded girls' names in 2025. District of Columbia (0.99%) and South Dakota (0.88%) follow.
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 Sophie
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Sofia
#9 in 2025 · Greek
Sophia
#5 in 2025 · Greek
Angel
#67 in 2025 · Greek
Miles
#44 in 2025 · Greek
Lydia
#92 in 2025 · Greek
Myles
#100 in 2025 · Greek
Margot
#102 in 2025 · Greek
Damian
#109 in 2025 · Greek
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About Sophie
How popular is the name Sophie?
For 2025 the count puts Sophie at #55 nationwide, with the curve still pointing up. The full curve since 1880 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
What is the recorded meaning of Sophie?
In our cited reference the recorded gloss is “wisdom”, of Greek origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
What names go with Sophie?
The recipe puts Sofia first, then Angel, 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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