Sofiya
Sofiya was the 3165th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 51 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2325th with 80 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 175 places. More babies were named Sofiya in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,165 girls, down 31 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 51girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202480 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,195babies recorded
Sofiya popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,165 | 51 |
| 2020 | #3,134 | 51 |
| 2010 | #3,465 | 47 |
| 2000 | #17,261 | 5 |
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How popular is Sofiya, counting every spelling?
Sofiya is the most common spelling of a name family that had 56 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 56 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sofiya | 51 | #3,165 | 324 |
| Sophiya | 5 | #16,956 | 30 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Sofiya?
51 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Sofiya (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Sofiya born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 165 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Sofiya.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Sofiya?
About 1,200 people born in the US named Sofiya are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 5 and 16. That makes Sofiya a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Sofiya by state
How common Sofiya was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New York (4.4×), Ohio (2.1×). In 45 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Sofiya: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Sofiya, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Sofiya
How popular is the name Sofiya?
Sofiya was the 3165th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 51 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2325th with 80 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 175 places. More babies were named Sofiya in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Sofiya a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Sofiya in the US.
Where is Sofiya most popular?
In 2021–2025, Sofiya was most common in New York (0.18 per 1,000 girls), followed by Ohio and Pennsylvania.