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How popular is the name Sophia?
Births per year, rank history and how many Sophias are alive today.
Sophia (female) is currently the 13th most popular girls' name in England and Wales, with 1,610 babies given the name in 2024. This spelling of the name peaked in 2012, when 2,855 babies were given the name, the 15th most popular that year. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 46,000 babies have been named Sophia in England and Wales since 1996. Sophia is one spelling of a name also recorded as Sofia; the combined figures below cover every spelling. Common short forms of Sophia include Sophie.
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 Sophia each year?
Includes all spellings: Sophia, Sofia. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Sophia spelling rank?
Where does the Sofia 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 Sophia most popular?
Sophia peaked in 2014, when 4,444 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Sophia?
At least 80,000 people named Sophia in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Sophia?
Most living Sophias are between 7 and 17; the most common age is about 12.
Is Sophia becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.