Sophia is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #9 for girl births in the United States, given to 12,572 babies. Sophia first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 2012 (22,354 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12,572 | #9 |
| 2024 | 12,126 | #9 |
| 2023 | 12,008 | #8 |
| 2022 | 12,394 | #8 |
| 2021 | 12,595 | #10 |
| 2020 | 13,116 | #8 |
| 2019 | 13,837 | #7 |
| 2018 | 14,029 | #8 |
| 2017 | 14,966 | #9 |
| 2016 | 16,203 | #6 |
| 2015 | 17,468 | #5 |
| 2014 | 18,663 | #4 |
| 2013 | 21,281 | #1 |
| 2012 | 22,354 | #1 |
| 2011 | 21,886 | #1 |
| 2010 | 20,682 | #3 |
| 2009 | 16,960 | #13 |
| 2008 | 16,103 | #21 |
| 2007 | 17,049 | #20 |
| 2006 | 13,525 | #37 |
| 2005 | 12,694 | #43 |
| 2004 | 10,959 | #51 |
| 2003 | 9,700 | #64 |
| 2002 | 8,671 | #75 |
| 2001 | 7,171 | #95 |
| 2000 | 6,570 | #109 |
| 1999 | 5,429 | #127 |
| 1998 | 4,314 | #163 |
| 1997 | 3,645 | #203 |
| 1996 | 2,518 | #267 |
| 1995 | 1,765 | #351 |
| 1994 | 1,621 | #383 |
| 1993 | 1,498 | #407 |
| 1992 | 1,355 | #442 |
| 1991 | 1,263 | #463 |
| 1990 | 1,129 | #495 |
| 1989 | 1,075 | #499 |
| 1988 | 1,171 | #446 |
| 1987 | 1,129 | #450 |
| 1986 | 1,066 | #468 |
| 1985 | 1,107 | #453 |
| 1984 | 1,082 | #448 |
| 1983 | 1,203 | #409 |
| 1982 | 1,161 | #435 |
| 1981 | 1,240 | #411 |
| 1980 | 641 | #673 |
| 1979 | 494 | #777 |
| 1978 | 409 | #854 |
| 1977 | 432 | #831 |
| 1976 | 366 | #899 |
| 1975 | 385 | #869 |
| 1974 | 387 | #855 |
| 1973 | 455 | #783 |
| 1972 | 486 | #755 |
| 1971 | 590 | #700 |
| 1970 | 582 | #724 |
| 1969 | 593 | #690 |
| 1968 | 553 | #704 |
| 1967 | 603 | #661 |
| 1966 | 589 | #674 |
| 1965 | 509 | #739 |
| 1964 | 477 | #795 |
| 1963 | 524 | #753 |
| 1962 | 486 | #788 |
| 1961 | 324 | #976 |
| 1960 | 261 | #1,091 |
| 1959 | 277 | #1,045 |
| 1958 | 226 | #1,160 |
| 1957 | 188 | #1,266 |
| 1956 | 121 | #1,550 |
| 1955 | 152 | #1,350 |
| 1954 | 113 | #1,541 |
| 1953 | 129 | #1,391 |
| 1952 | 110 | #1,497 |
| 1951 | 153 | #1,238 |
| 1950 | 109 | #1,470 |
| 1949 | 123 | #1,357 |
| 1948 | 112 | #1,415 |
| 1947 | 108 | #1,454 |
| 1946 | 107 | #1,370 |
| 1945 | 103 | #1,284 |
| 1944 | 104 | #1,301 |
| 1943 | 104 | #1,333 |
| 1942 | 81 | #1,519 |
| 1941 | 107 | #1,219 |
| 1940 | 105 | #1,219 |
| 1939 | 99 | #1,218 |
| 1938 | 88 | #1,326 |
| 1937 | 104 | #1,199 |
| 1936 | 98 | #1,215 |
| 1935 | 101 | #1,197 |
| 1934 | 112 | #1,155 |
| 1933 | 103 | #1,182 |
| 1932 | 132 | #1,046 |
| 1931 | 133 | #1,047 |
| 1930 | 152 | #1,012 |
| 1929 | 169 | #957 |
| 1928 | 195 | #899 |
| 1927 | 240 | #811 |
| 1926 | 234 | #811 |
| 1925 | 289 | #736 |
| 1924 | 357 | #664 |
| 1923 | 369 | #636 |
| 1922 | 390 | #616 |
| 1921 | 489 | #556 |
| 1920 | 545 | #513 |
| 1919 | 604 | #466 |
| 1918 | 629 | #458 |
| 1917 | 703 | #414 |
| 1916 | 697 | #410 |
| 1915 | 692 | #396 |
| 1914 | 548 | #389 |
| 1913 | 429 | #394 |
| 1912 | 397 | #379 |
| 1911 | 272 | #367 |
| 1910 | 271 | #357 |
| 1909 | 256 | #331 |
| 1908 | 276 | #299 |
| 1907 | 265 | #294 |
| 1906 | 247 | #288 |
| 1905 | 237 | #293 |
| 1904 | 230 | #289 |
| 1903 | 213 | #289 |
| 1902 | 256 | #264 |
| 1901 | 221 | #273 |
| 1900 | 259 | #290 |
| 1899 | 238 | #261 |
| 1898 | 240 | #274 |
| 1897 | 278 | #232 |
| 1896 | 278 | #235 |
| 1895 | 259 | #242 |
| 1894 | 276 | #229 |
| 1893 | 247 | #234 |
| 1892 | 241 | #243 |
| 1891 | 220 | #228 |
| 1890 | 245 | #217 |
| 1889 | 251 | #210 |
| 1888 | 251 | #214 |
| 1887 | 192 | #221 |
| 1886 | 218 | #209 |
| 1885 | 185 | #219 |
| 1884 | 170 | #224 |
| 1883 | 159 | #216 |
| 1882 | 179 | #203 |
| 1881 | 122 | #232 |
| 1880 | 138 | #216 |