first name
SOPHIA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 327,891 people named Sophia, 50.3% reported their origin as White, 32.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Sophia peaked in 2012, when 22,354 babies got the name.
At least 439,619 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Sophia by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #4. The largest share of babies named Sophia, 45%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Sophia is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sophia has been most common in Nevada (2.6×), Arizona (1.9×), and Florida (1.9×), and least common in Mississippi (0.32×).
428,665 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 Sophia
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sophia, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Sophia ranks #71,105 of 156,621, with 296 people. See Sophia as a last name
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