Sophia
Rank in 2025
#5
recorded as girls
#7194
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
12,572
girls 12,561 · boys 11
Peak year
2012
22,336 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
439,619
since 1880
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Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Sophia was most popular in 2012, when 22,336 babies recorded as girls got the name (12.7 per 1,000). In 2025, 12,561 babies were named Sophia, ranking #5 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12,561 | 5 | 11 | 7194 |
| 2024 | 12,126 | 6 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 11,999 | 5 | 9 | 8255 |
| 2022 | 12,382 | 5 | 12 | 6828 |
| 2021 | 12,585 | 6 | 10 | 7587 |
| 2020 | 13,105 | 4 | 11 | 7034 |
| 2019 | 13,821 | 4 | 16 | 5555 |
| 2018 | 14,013 | 5 | 16 | 5540 |
| 2017 | 14,947 | 5 | 19 | 4935 |
| 2016 | 16,185 | 4 | 18 | 5124 |
| 2015 | 17,454 | 3 | 14 | 5999 |
| 2014 | 18,644 | 3 | 19 | 4866 |
| 2013 | 21,255 | 1 | 26 | 3864 |
| 2012 | 22,336 | 1 | 18 | 5035 |
| 2011 | 21,863 | 1 | 23 | 4221 |
| 2010 | 20,656 | 2 | 26 | 3894 |
| 2009 | 16,951 | 4 | 9 | 8310 |
| 2008 | 16,091 | 7 | 12 | 6763 |
| 2007 | 17,031 | 6 | 18 | 4996 |
| 2006 | 13,503 | 9 | 22 | 4223 |
| 2005 | 12,678 | 12 | 16 | 5034 |
| 2004 | 10,919 | 15 | 40 | 2643 |
| 2003 | 9,687 | 20 | 13 | 5558 |
| 2002 | 8,665 | 27 | 6 | 9392 |
| 2001 | 7,162 | 37 | 9 | 6935 |
| 2000 | 6,564 | 42 | 6 | 9112 |
| 1999 | 5,423 | 53 | 6 | 8704 |
| 1998 | 4,308 | 73 | 6 | 8479 |
| 1997 | 3,640 | 94 | 5 | 9265 |
| 1996 | 2,513 | 125 | 5 | 9015 |
| 1995 | 1,765 | 168 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 1,614 | 185 | 7 | 6968 |
| 1993 | 1,498 | 196 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 1,355 | 211 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 1,263 | 225 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 1,124 | 250 | 5 | 8117 |
| 1989 | 1,060 | 254 | 15 | 3618 |
| 1988 | 1,166 | 225 | 5 | 7270 |
| 1987 | 1,124 | 238 | 5 | 6951 |
| 1986 | 1,060 | 245 | 6 | 5926 |
| 1985 | 1,098 | 236 | 9 | 4333 |
| 1984 | 1,082 | 235 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 1,196 | 210 | 7 | 4907 |
| 1982 | 1,161 | 224 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 1,235 | 211 | 5 | 6262 |
| 1980 | 641 | 366 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 494 | 423 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 409 | 476 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 432 | 457 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 366 | 496 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 380 | 486 | 5 | 5464 |
| 1974 | 387 | 465 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 455 | 429 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 486 | 405 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 590 | 385 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 582 | 402 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 593 | 385 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 548 | 392 | 5 | 4136 |
| 1967 | 603 | 367 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 589 | 376 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 509 | 414 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 471 | 452 | 6 | 3601 |
| 1963 | 524 | 424 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 486 | 438 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 324 | 546 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 261 | 622 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 277 | 595 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 226 | 659 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 188 | 730 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 121 | 914 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 152 | 780 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 113 | 905 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 129 | 809 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 110 | 878 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 153 | 706 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 109 | 842 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 123 | 779 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 112 | 821 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 108 | 842 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 107 | 796 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 103 | 734 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 104 | 747 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 104 | 758 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 81 | 853 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 107 | 678 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 105 | 675 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 99 | 680 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 88 | 731 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 104 | 666 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 98 | 666 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 101 | 654 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 107 | 648 | 5 | 3679 |
| 1933 | 103 | 646 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 132 | 569 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 133 | 572 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 152 | 553 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 169 | 525 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 195 | 494 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 240 | 447 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 234 | 442 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 289 | 402 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 357 | 364 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 369 | 342 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 390 | 331 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 489 | 299 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 545 | 279 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 604 | 261 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 629 | 256 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 698 | 235 | 5 | 3981 |
| 1916 | 697 | 232 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 692 | 226 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 548 | 229 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 429 | 232 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 397 | 225 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 272 | 238 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 271 | 237 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 256 | 222 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 276 | 203 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 265 | 197 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 247 | 194 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 237 | 197 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 230 | 195 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 213 | 197 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 256 | 179 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 221 | 186 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 259 | 197 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 238 | 180 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 240 | 188 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 278 | 162 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 278 | 160 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 259 | 164 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 276 | 156 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 247 | 159 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 241 | 162 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 220 | 153 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 245 | 144 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 251 | 138 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 251 | 136 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 192 | 136 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 218 | 128 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 185 | 134 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 170 | 134 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 159 | 129 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 179 | 116 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 122 | 130 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 138 | 117 | <5 | — |
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Where Sophia is most popular
- Rhode Island1.7×
- Vermont1.6×
- Delaware1.6×
- Wyoming1.5×
- New Mexico1.4×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years