Sophie

#55 for girls in 2025, 3,984 births · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2011 · 4,732 births
Debut · girls
83 births
In top 100 · girls
19 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
138,577
since 1880

Sophie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #51, 2011girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#553,984—
2024#603,583—
2023#603,592#10,8216
2022#633,524—
2021#763,331—
2020#753,315—
2019#853,186—
2018#982,948—
2017#1062,837—
2016#1092,875—
2015#1042,953—
2014#913,394—
2013#763,753—
2012#524,581#12,2745
2011#514,732#8,0799
2010#594,416#10,7666
2009#654,267—
2008#754,065—
2007#823,988#8,1739
2006#1232,784—
2005#1362,440—
2004#1352,388#8,9277
2003#1512,231—
2002#1492,245—
2001#1512,173—
2000#1602,101—
1999#1841,685—
1998#2551,216—
1997#2671,081—
1996#330854—
1995#379697—
1994#413602—
1993#454552—
1992#482512—
1991#555421—
1990#605373—
1989#630334#6,2297
1988#747251—
1987#750239—
1986#791213—
1985#802206—
1984#930158—
1983#1,037135—
1982#1,34592—
1981#1,58074—
1980#1,52877—
1979#1,56973—
1978#1,52373—
1977#1,35883—
1976#1,63860—
1975#1,43073—
1974#1,36476—
1973#1,47864—
1972#1,36473—
1971#1,51666—
1970#1,29383—
1969#1,22683—
1968#1,14788—
1967#1,04697—
1966#1,09692—
1965#1,042101—
1964#1,17288—
1963#1,036107—
1962#1,12194—
1961#1,19985—
1960#1,11794—
1959#1,13588—
1958#1,037102—
1957#1,14485—
1956#1,02799—
1955#961106—
1954#940105—
1953#927104—
1952#854116—
1951#787128—
1950#809116—
1949#748131—
1948#810114—
1947#791120—
1946#785110—
1945#749100—
1944#753103—
1943#699119—
1942#622145—
1941#530174—
1940#527170—
1939#546150—
1938#499178—
1937#459204—
1936#454198—
1935#408251—
1934#403262—
1933#366300—
1932#326378—
1931#309425—
1930#287524#3,5926
1929#250632—
1928#235708—
1927#215883#3,7806
1926#203953—
1925#1901,102—
1924#1701,372#3,8676
1923#1591,490—
1922#1531,582#4,3075
1921#1361,865#3,5177
1920#1291,965#4,2865
1919#1092,200—
1918#1082,300#3,0968
1917#1002,382#3,2177
1916#1012,198#3,1777
1915#972,112—
1914#1001,584#2,9156
1913#1131,122—
1912#117989—
1911#125671—
1910#132621—
1909#144496—
1908#133523—
1907#146451#1,3455
1906#155384—
1905#153374—
1904#149359—
1903#158311—
1902#170279—
1901#151324—
1900#162338—
1899#161278—
1898#181259—
1897#150308—
1896#170258—
1895#173240—
1894#173234—
1893#163235—
1892#177203—
1891#166203—
1890#168206—
1889#170172—
1888#168171—
1887#164149—
1886#152156—
1885#165125—
1884#162120—
1883#163103—
1882#155110—
1881#17178—
1880#15683—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Sophie was already there! It came in at #156, and was given to 83 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1968–1981, when fewer than 89 girls a year got the name.

Where Sophie is popular in 1991

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #185 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 670 girlsAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedMEVermont: #113 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 417 girlsVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedNHWashington: #257 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,406 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #221 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,446 girlsMNIllinois: #773 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 6,461 girlsILWisconsin: #625 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,691 girlsWIMichigan: #807 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 7,549 girlsMINew York: #389 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 2,429 girlsNYMassachusetts: #224 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,297 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedRIOregon: #297 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,685 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedINOhio: #844 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 8,772 girlsOHPennsylvania: #683 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,455 girlsPANew Jersey: #608 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,669 girlsNJConnecticut: #245 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,545 girlsCTCalifornia: #536 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 3,534 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedUTColorado: #380 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,314 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedWVVirginia: #618 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,270 girlsVAMaryland: #669 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,523 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedARTennessee: #694 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,083 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #612 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,981 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #166 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 651 girlsDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #446 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,783 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedALGeorgia: #752 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,980 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Sophie, so not publishedHITexas: #702 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 5,246 girlsTXFlorida: #1,135 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 10,908 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Vermont#113 · 1 in 417
  2. District of Columbia#166 · 1 in 651
  3. Alaska#185 · 1 in 670
  4. Minnesota#221 · 1 in 1,446
  5. Massachusetts#224 · 1 in 1,297

Best ever in a state: #10 in Alaska, 1917.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Vermont#11361 in 417
District of Columbia#16691 in 651
Alaska#18551 in 670
Minnesota#221191 in 1,446
Massachusetts#224281 in 1,297
Connecticut#245121 in 1,545
Washington#257221 in 1,406
Oregon#297101 in 1,685
Colorado#38091 in 2,314
New York#389491 in 2,429
Louisiana#44691 in 2,783
California#536741 in 3,534
New Jersey#608101 in 4,669
North Carolina#61281 in 4,981
Virginia#61871 in 5,270
Wisconsin#62551 in 5,691
Maryland#66951 in 5,523
Pennsylvania#683111 in 6,455
Tennessee#69451 in 6,083
Texas#702261 in 5,246
Georgia#75271 in 5,980
Illinois#773121 in 6,461
Michigan#80781 in 7,549
Ohio#84481 in 8,772
Florida#1,13571 in 10,908
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Sophie
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 5 spots since 2024 (#60 → #55)
  • 20 spots since 2020 (#75 → #55)
  • 49 spots since 2015 (#104 → #55)
  • Biggest jump: 128 spots in 1985 (#930 → #802)
  • Biggest drop: 92 spots in 1942 (#530 → #622)
Rise & fade · girls
131 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2011 at #51 (4,732 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 19 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 19 yrs · run 2007–2014
  • Top 1,000: 118 yrs · run 1880–1955
Share of babies · girls
1 in 372
  • Highest: 1 in 372 girls born in 2011 were named Sophie (0.27%)
  • Latest: 1 in 403 girls born in 2025 (0.25%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 25.7% of all girls named Sophie (35,675) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #97 (1915) → #1,638 (1976) → #51 (2011)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,267#152 (1886)#163
1890s2,424#150 (1897)#168
1900s3,839#133 (1908)#152
1910s16,179#97 (1915)#110
1920s12,552#129 (1920)#184
1930s2,870#287 (1930)#406
1940s1,286#527 (1940)#701
1950s1,049#787 (1951)#962
1960s929#1,036 (1963)#1,120
1970s724#1,293 (1970)#1,453
1980s1,779#630 (1989)#1,014
1990s7,993#184 (1999)#392
2000s28,682#65 (2009)#123
2010s35,675#51 (2011)#83
2020s21,329#55 (2025)#65

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Sophie in 1991

girls
#555
421 births · 1 in 4,454 girls

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #555Sophie421
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 4,454 of them was named Sophie, which outranked 96.4% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sophie
  1. #552Patrice424
  2. #553Rita423
  3. #554Eileen422
  4. #555Sophie421
  5. #555Daniella421
  6. #555Genevieve421
  7. #558Alexandrea420
  8. #558Brandie420
  9. #560Justina418

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,600Rebeccah#2,600 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,221Ieshia#1,938 → #717
  3. ↑ 1,135Miriah#2,081 → #946
  4. ↑ 861Alexus#1,813 → #952
  5. ↑ 676Chynna#1,512 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Infant#432 → #1,000
  2. ↓ 510Lakeshia#897 → #1,407
  3. ↓ 466Latifah#701 → #1,167
  4. ↓ 432Martika#757 → #1,189
  5. ↓ 416Cecily#575 → #991

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1991 →