Sophie Girl
How popular is Sophie?
#55 girl name in 2025
3,984 baby girls were named Sophie in the US in 2025, making it the 55th most popular girl name.
Sophie popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #55 for girls (▲ 5 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 3,984 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+35% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #104 in 2015, #75 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2011 (4,732 girls) |
| Highest rank | #51 in 2011 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Sophie counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Sophie family of names ranked #71 for girls in 2025 (#83 the year before), with 4,173 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sophie | 3,984 | 95% |
| Sofie | 138 | 3% |
| Sofi | 21 | 1% |
| Sophi | 9 | 0% |
| Sophy | 6 | 0% |
| Sophee | 8 | 0% |
| Sofy | 7 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Sophie is most popular
Babies named Sophie per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 8.1 per 1,000 (96 girls)
- Wyoming: 7.0 per 1,000 (30 girls)
- New Hampshire: 6.3 per 1,000 (117 girls)
- Utah: 6.1 per 1,000 (510 girls)
- North Dakota: 5.4 per 1,000 (71 girls)
Sophie by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,267 | #152 |
| 1890s | 2,424 | #150 |
| 1900s | 3,839 | #133 |
| 1910s | 16,179 | #97 |
| 1920s | 12,552 | #129 |
| 1930s | 2,870 | #287 |
| 1940s | 1,286 | #527 |
| 1950s | 1,049 | #786 |
| 1960s | 929 | #1,036 |
| 1970s | 724 | #1,293 |
| 1980s | 1,779 | #629 |
| 1990s | 7,993 | #184 |
| 2000s | 28,682 | #65 |
| 2010s | 35,675 | #51 |
| 2020s | 21,329 | #55 |
Girl names about as popular as Sophie
Questions
- Is Sophie a boy or girl name?
- Sophie is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Sophie were girls.
- How popular is the name Sophie?
- 3,984 baby girls were named Sophie in the US in 2025, making it the 55th most popular girl name.
- When was Sophie most popular?
- Sophie peaked in 2011, when 4,732 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #51 in 2011.
- How many people are named Sophie?
- 138,694 babies have been named Sophie in the US since 1880. We estimate about 99,226 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Sophie most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Sophie was most common in District of Columbia, at 8.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.