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How popular is the name Sophie?
Births per year, rank history and how many Sophies are alive today.
Sophie (female) is currently the 50th most popular girls' name in England and Wales, with 886 babies given the name in 2024. The name peaked in 1994, when around 7,100 babies were given the name, the 6th most popular that year. It has declined since 1994; the 2024 figure is roughly 12% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 110,000 babies have been named Sophie in England and Wales since 1974. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Sophie you are most likely to meet is around 31 years old. Half of all Sophies born in England and Wales are between 18 and 33, and there are at least 160,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 40% chance that at least one of them will be called Sophie.
How many babies are named Sophie each year?
Where does Sophie rank among girls' names?
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 Sophie most popular?
Sophie peaked in 1994, when around 7,100 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Sophie?
At least 160,000 people named Sophie born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Sophie?
Most living Sophies are between 18 and 33; the most common age is about 31.
Is Sophie becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1994 peak.