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How popular is the name Sofia?
Births per year, rank history and how many Sofias are alive today.
Sofia (female), a spelling of Sophia, is currently the 12th most popular girls' name in England and Wales, with 1,626 babies given the name in 2024. This spelling of the name peaked in 2018, when 1,728 babies were given the name, the 29th most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade. At least 29,000 babies have been named Sofia in England and Wales since 1996.
Across all spellings of the name, the Sophia you are most likely to meet is around 12 years old. Half of all Sophias born in England and Wales are between 7 and 17, and there are at least 80,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 22% chance that at least one of them will be called Sophia.
How many babies are named Sofia each year?
Includes all spellings: Sofia, Sophia. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Sofia spelling rank?
Where does the Sophia spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Sofia most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Sophia, peaked in 2014, when 4,444 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Sofia spelling itself peaked in 2018, with 1,728 babies.
How many people are called Sofia?
At least 80,000 people named Sofia in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Sofia?
Most living Sofias are between 7 and 17; the most common age is about 12.
Is Sofia becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.