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Girl name

Sofia

Sofia holds the #9 spot on the 2025 list of the most popular girl names in the U.S. That amounts to 8,252 newborn girls in a single year. The name is on the way up, moving from #17 in 2020 to #9 today. Remarkably, 2025 is the strongest year in the entire SSA record for Sofia, which stretches back to 1881. The name's biggest fan base is in New Mexico (#4 there in 2025).

Rankings

2025 rank
#9
among girl names
Trend
Rising
last 5 years
All-time peak
#9
in 2025 (2020s)
Babies in 2025
8,252
girls named Sofia

Sofia popularity, 1880–2025

0.15%0.29%0.44%0.59%18801900192019401960198020002020#9 in 2025
Girls — share of U.S. female birthsSource: Social Security Administration, 1880–2025

Where Sofia is most popular

Alaska: #70 (8 girls, 0.48% of girls born 2025)AKMaine: #131 (8 girls, 0.26% of girls born 2025)MEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Sofia in 2025VTNew Hampshire: #45 (21 girls, 0.55% of girls born 2025)NHWashington: #9 (211 girls, 0.73% of girls born 2025)WAIdaho: #41 (35 girls, 0.49% of girls born 2025)IDMontana: #71 (12 girls, 0.42% of girls born 2025)MTNorth Dakota: #117 (8 girls, 0.30% of girls born 2025)NDMinnesota: #45 (81 girls, 0.38% of girls born 2025)MNWisconsin: #34 (89 girls, 0.44% of girls born 2025)WIMichigan: #42 (136 girls, 0.38% of girls born 2025)MINew York: #9 (545 girls, 0.70% of girls born 2025)NYMassachusetts: #17 (166 girls, 0.69% of girls born 2025)MARhode Island: #23 (22 girls, 0.90% of girls born 2025)RIOregon: #13 (84 girls, 0.64% of girls born 2025)ORNevada: #7 (99 girls, 1.08% of girls born 2025)NVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Sofia in 2025WYSouth Dakota: #97 (10 girls, 0.33% of girls born 2025)SDIowa: #33 (56 girls, 0.48% of girls born 2025)IAIllinois: #7 (343 girls, 0.77% of girls born 2025)ILIndiana: #25 (127 girls, 0.46% of girls born 2025)INOhio: #49 (158 girls, 0.33% of girls born 2025)OHPennsylvania: #32 (200 girls, 0.43% of girls born 2025)PANew Jersey: #9 (292 girls, 0.82% of girls born 2025)NJConnecticut: #8 (99 girls, 0.86% of girls born 2025)CTCalifornia: #8 (1339 girls, 0.83% of girls born 2025)CAUtah: #73 (53 girls, 0.31% of girls born 2025)UTColorado: #8 (177 girls, 0.76% of girls born 2025)CONebraska: #24 (42 girls, 0.59% of girls born 2025)NEMissouri: #55 (79 girls, 0.33% of girls born 2025)MOKentucky: #52 (63 girls, 0.37% of girls born 2025)KYWest Virginia: #181 (9 girls, 0.18% of girls born 2025)WVVirginia: #14 (198 girls, 0.59% of girls born 2025)VAMaryland: #17 (117 girls, 0.59% of girls born 2025)MDDelaware: #14 (21 girls, 0.93% of girls born 2025)DEArizona: #10 (215 girls, 0.76% of girls born 2025)AZNew Mexico: #4 (60 girls, 1.28% of girls born 2025)NMKansas: #41 (50 girls, 0.42% of girls born 2025)KSArkansas: #25 (55 girls, 0.52% of girls born 2025)ARTennessee: #46 (111 girls, 0.35% of girls born 2025)TNNorth Carolina: #12 (275 girls, 0.59% of girls born 2025)NCSouth Carolina: #28 (87 girls, 0.48% of girls born 2025)SCDistrict of Columbia: #7 (29 girls, 1.44% of girls born 2025)DCOklahoma: #26 (75 girls, 0.51% of girls born 2025)OKLouisiana: #76 (46 girls, 0.28% of girls born 2025)LAMississippi: #96 (23 girls, 0.26% of girls born 2025)MSAlabama: #71 (53 girls, 0.29% of girls born 2025)ALGeorgia: #14 (227 girls, 0.50% of girls born 2025)GAHawaii: #28 (15 girls, 0.70% of girls born 2025)HITexas: #8 (1307 girls, 0.81% of girls born 2025)TXFlorida: #8 (705 girls, 0.81% of girls born 2025)FL
Share of girls born in 2025:low → highno data (< 5 births)
Strongest states: District of Columbia (#7), New Mexico (#4), Nevada (#7)
Uniqueness score
Ultra popular
8
/ 100
everywhereone of a kind

You'll meet plenty of them — a true chart-topper.

Based on how many babies per birth were named Sofia in the most recent year of SSA data.

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