Baby name meaning

Sofia

Wisdom · Spanish form of Greek origin

Meaning & origin

Sofia is a female name of Spanish form of Greek origin, meaning “Wisdom”.

How popular is Sofia?

In England & Wales, Sofia ranked #12 among girls' names in 2024, with 1,626 babies given the name — up from #28 in 2014. That is its best showing in the England & Wales series, which begins in 1996.

In the United States, Sofia was the #17 girls' name in the 2020 data — its best showing in the US series, which samples one year per decade from 1880.

Sofia — popularity rank over timePopularity rank of the girls' name Sofia over time, lower rank number = more popular. England and Wales annual rank 1996 to 2024. United States rank sampled one year per decade, 1950 to 2020.#1#10#100#1,000#10,00019501960197019801990200020102024US 1950: #1,248US 1960: #1,337US 1970: #994US 1980: #821US 1990: #644US 2000: #161US 2010: #28US 2020: #17England & Wales 2024: #12United StatesEngland & Wales
Sofia’s popularity rank over time — England & Wales annual rank (solid) and United States rank sampled once per decade (dashed), #1 at the top. Log scale: each gridline is 10× the rank above it.
Sofia in England & Wales: rank and births in sampled years, plus its peak year. Source: ONS ‘Baby names in England and Wales’.
YearE&W rankBirths
1996#292128
2000#184237
2005#96542
2010#62992
2015#311,640
2020#231,623
2024#121,626

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More on Sofia

Spanish for wisdom, Greek at the root, and sitting at number one in more than one country.

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