first name
SOFIA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 151,654 people named Sofia, 65.7% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 26.4% as White and 3.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Sofia peaked in 2015, when 9,711 babies got the name.
At least 186,931 babies have been given the name since 1881. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Sofia by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #44. The largest share of babies named Sofia, 56.9%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Sofia is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sofia has been most common in Nevada (3.1×), Florida (2.3×), and Arizona (2.1×), and least common in West Virginia (0.13×).
184,069 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Sofia
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sofia, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Sofia ranks #24,869 of 156,621, with 1,046 people. See Sofia as a last name
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