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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: SSA, 1880–2025◆ peak 2025

Where Sofia is most popular

Alaska: #70 (8 girls, 0.48% of girls born 2025)AK#70Maine: #131 (8 girls, 0.26% of girls born 2025)ME#131Vermont: fewer than 5 girls named Sofia in 2025VT—New Hampshire: #45 (21 girls, 0.55% of girls born 2025)NH#45Washington: #9 (211 girls, 0.73% of girls born 2025)WA#9Idaho: #41 (35 girls, 0.49% of girls born 2025)ID#41Montana: #71 (12 girls, 0.42% of girls born 2025)MT#71North Dakota: #117 (8 girls, 0.30% of girls born 2025)ND#117Minnesota: #45 (81 girls, 0.38% of girls born 2025)MN#45Wisconsin: #34 (89 girls, 0.44% of girls born 2025)WI#34Michigan: #42 (136 girls, 0.38% of girls born 2025)MI#42New York: #9 (545 girls, 0.70% of girls born 2025)NY#9Massachusetts: #17 (166 girls, 0.69% of girls born 2025)MA#17Rhode Island: #23 (22 girls, 0.90% of girls born 2025)RI#23Oregon: #13 (84 girls, 0.64% of girls born 2025)OR#13Nevada: #7 (99 girls, 1.08% of girls born 2025)NV#7Wyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Sofia in 2025WY—South Dakota: #97 (10 girls, 0.33% of girls born 2025)SD#97Iowa: #33 (56 girls, 0.48% of girls born 2025)IA#33Illinois: #7 (343 girls, 0.77% of girls born 2025)IL#7Indiana: #25 (127 girls, 0.46% of girls born 2025)IN#25Ohio: #49 (158 girls, 0.33% of girls born 2025)OH#49Pennsylvania: #32 (200 girls, 0.43% of girls born 2025)PA#32New Jersey: #9 (292 girls, 0.82% of girls born 2025)NJ#9Connecticut: #8 (99 girls, 0.86% of girls born 2025)CT#8California: #8 (1339 girls, 0.83% of girls born 2025)CA#8Utah: #73 (53 girls, 0.31% of girls born 2025)UT#73Colorado: #8 (177 girls, 0.76% of girls born 2025)CO#8Nebraska: #24 (42 girls, 0.59% of girls born 2025)NE#24Missouri: #55 (79 girls, 0.33% of girls born 2025)MO#55Kentucky: #52 (63 girls, 0.37% of girls born 2025)KY#52West Virginia: #181 (9 girls, 0.18% of girls born 2025)WV#181Virginia: #14 (198 girls, 0.59% of girls born 2025)VA#14Maryland: #17 (117 girls, 0.59% of girls born 2025)MD#17Delaware: #14 (21 girls, 0.93% of girls born 2025)DE#14Arizona: #10 (215 girls, 0.76% of girls born 2025)AZ#10New Mexico: #4 (60 girls, 1.28% of girls born 2025)NM#4Kansas: #41 (50 girls, 0.42% of girls born 2025)KS#41Arkansas: #25 (55 girls, 0.52% of girls born 2025)AR#25Tennessee: #46 (111 girls, 0.35% of girls born 2025)TN#46North Carolina: #12 (275 girls, 0.59% of girls born 2025)NC#12South Carolina: #28 (87 girls, 0.48% of girls born 2025)SC#28District of Columbia: #7 (29 girls, 1.44% of girls born 2025)DC#7Oklahoma: #26 (75 girls, 0.51% of girls born 2025)OK#26Louisiana: #76 (46 girls, 0.28% of girls born 2025)LA#76Mississippi: #96 (23 girls, 0.26% of girls born 2025)MS#96Alabama: #71 (53 girls, 0.29% of girls born 2025)AL#71Georgia: #14 (227 girls, 0.50% of girls born 2025)GA#14Hawaii: #28 (15 girls, 0.70% of girls born 2025)HI#28Texas: #8 (1307 girls, 0.81% of girls born 2025)TX#8Florida: #8 (705 girls, 0.81% of girls born 2025)FL#8
Share of girls born in 2025:lowhighno data (< 5 births)
Strongest states: District of Columbia (#7), New Mexico (#4), Nevada (#7)

Uniqueness score

8/ 100Ultra popular
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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