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Girl name

Sophia

Sophia holds the #5 spot on the 2025 list of the most popular girl names in the U.S. That amounts to 12,561 newborn girls in a single year. The ranking has held remarkably steady over the last five years. Its strongest year on record was 2011 (#1 nationally, 21,863 newborns), in a data series reaching back to 1880. The name's biggest fan base is in District of Columbia (#1 there in 2025).

Rankings

2025 rank
#5
among girl names
Trend
Stable
last 5 years
All-time peak
#1
in 2011 (2010s)
Babies in 2025
12,561
girls named Sophia

Sophia popularity, 1880–2025

0.34%0.68%1.0%1.4%18801900192019401960198020002020#1 in 2011
Girls — share of U.S. female birthsSource: Social Security Administration, 1880–2025

Where Sophia is most popular

Alaska: #12 (20 girls, 1.21% of girls born 2025)AKMaine: #11 (34 girls, 1.09% of girls born 2025)MEVermont: #4 (22 girls, 2.26% of girls born 2025)VTNew Hampshire: #3 (58 girls, 1.53% of girls born 2025)NHWashington: #4 (277 girls, 0.96% of girls born 2025)WAIdaho: #8 (71 girls, 0.99% of girls born 2025)IDMontana: #8 (34 girls, 1.20% of girls born 2025)MTNorth Dakota: #33 (18 girls, 0.67% of girls born 2025)NDMinnesota: #4 (194 girls, 0.90% of girls born 2025)MNWisconsin: #2 (195 girls, 0.96% of girls born 2025)WIMichigan: #3 (341 girls, 0.95% of girls born 2025)MINew York: #4 (721 girls, 0.92% of girls born 2025)NYMassachusetts: #2 (318 girls, 1.32% of girls born 2025)MARhode Island: #4 (35 girls, 1.43% of girls born 2025)RIOregon: #5 (124 girls, 0.95% of girls born 2025)ORNevada: #5 (111 girls, 1.21% of girls born 2025)NVWyoming: #10 (13 girls, 1.60% of girls born 2025)WYSouth Dakota: #18 (25 girls, 0.82% of girls born 2025)SDIowa: #7 (104 girls, 0.88% of girls born 2025)IAIllinois: #3 (473 girls, 1.07% of girls born 2025)ILIndiana: #5 (234 girls, 0.84% of girls born 2025)INOhio: #3 (464 girls, 0.98% of girls born 2025)OHPennsylvania: #2 (507 girls, 1.09% of girls born 2025)PANew Jersey: #3 (396 girls, 1.12% of girls born 2025)NJConnecticut: #2 (166 girls, 1.44% of girls born 2025)CTCalifornia: #3 (1685 girls, 1.04% of girls born 2025)CAUtah: #20 (104 girls, 0.61% of girls born 2025)UTColorado: #3 (242 girls, 1.04% of girls born 2025)CONebraska: #13 (54 girls, 0.76% of girls born 2025)NEMissouri: #6 (211 girls, 0.87% of girls born 2025)MOKentucky: #3 (166 girls, 0.96% of girls born 2025)KYWest Virginia: #6 (54 girls, 1.06% of girls born 2025)WVVirginia: #3 (319 girls, 0.95% of girls born 2025)VAMaryland: #5 (210 girls, 1.05% of girls born 2025)MDDelaware: #2 (41 girls, 1.82% of girls born 2025)DEArizona: #2 (315 girls, 1.12% of girls born 2025)AZNew Mexico: #2 (65 girls, 1.39% of girls born 2025)NMKansas: #6 (117 girls, 0.99% of girls born 2025)KSArkansas: #10 (78 girls, 0.74% of girls born 2025)ARTennessee: #5 (244 girls, 0.76% of girls born 2025)TNNorth Carolina: #4 (396 girls, 0.85% of girls born 2025)NCSouth Carolina: #5 (160 girls, 0.87% of girls born 2025)SCDistrict of Columbia: #1 (36 girls, 1.78% of girls born 2025)DCOklahoma: #4 (133 girls, 0.90% of girls born 2025)OKLouisiana: #5 (123 girls, 0.75% of girls born 2025)LAMississippi: #18 (54 girls, 0.61% of girls born 2025)MSAlabama: #12 (124 girls, 0.68% of girls born 2025)ALGeorgia: #6 (310 girls, 0.69% of girls born 2025)GAHawaii: #3 (36 girls, 1.68% of girls born 2025)HITexas: #5 (1359 girls, 0.85% of girls born 2025)TXFlorida: #5 (970 girls, 1.12% of girls born 2025)FL
Share of girls born in 2025:low → highno data (< 5 births)
Strongest states: Vermont (#4), Delaware (#2), District of Columbia (#1)
Uniqueness score
Ultra popular
3
/ 100
everywhereone of a kind

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

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

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