How rare is the name Sophie?

86,141 people in the United States have the first name Sophie, about 1 in 3,506. It ranks #614 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SOPHIE

#614

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
86,141
About
1 in 3,506
This common or more
62.2%
Who bears it

Of the 86,141 people named Sophie, 72% reported their origin as White, 11.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 7.3% 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.

Sophie peaked in 2011, when 4,741 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2011
Births that year
4,741
In 2025*
3,984 ▼16%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 138,694 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.

Sophie by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #167. The largest share of babies named Sophie, 33.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#2711,267
1890s#2452,424
1900s#2243,844
1910s#18716,207
1920s#30812,581
1930s#7002,876
1940s#1,2241,286
1950s#1,6371,049
1960s#1,876929
1970s#2,341724
1980s#1,5531,786
1990s#6787,993
2000s#25728,698
2010s#19235,695
2020s#16721,335
Before 19012.9%
Greatest Generation 1901–2722.3%
Silent Generation 1928–453.6%
Baby boom 1946–641.4%
Generation X 1965–800.9%
Millennials 1981–964.1%
Generation Z 1997–1233.5%
2013 and later31.2%

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 Sophie is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sophie has been most common in Utah (2.3×), Connecticut (2.2×), and Massachusetts (1.9×), and least common in Mississippi (0.38×).

126,955 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 Sophie

#612 Lance · 86,540#613 Marsha · 86,245#615 Grayson · 86,122#616 Sierra · 85,582

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sophie, most common first.

#154 Sophia · 327,891#14,230 Sophi · 831#26,555 Sophee · 350

Also a last name

As a last name, Sophie ranks #102,164 of 156,621, with 188 people. See Sophie as a last name

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