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Sofia

Form of Sophia used in various languages.

PronunciationGreek /sɔ.ˈfi.a/; Italian /so.ˈfi.a/; European Portuguese /su.ˈfi.ɐ/; Brazilian Portuguese /so.ˈfi.ɐ/; Catalan /su.ˈfi.ə/; Swedish /sʊ.ˈfiː.a/; German /zo.ˈfiː.a/; Finnish /ˈso.fi.ɑ/; Russian /sɐ.ˈfʲi.jə/
Usage languagesAragonese, Bulgarian, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, Galician, German, Greek, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Ukrainian
US rank (2025)#9

Meaning and history

Sofía is a form of Sophia used in various languages.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 5,082 births, rank #55
2007: 6,049 births, rank #36
2008: 5,985 births, rank #36
2009: 5,696 births, rank #36
2010: 6,328 births, rank #28
20112011: 7,331 births, rank #19
2012: 7,837 births, rank #18
2013: 9,169 births, rank #13
2014: 9,612 births, rank #12
2015: 9,702 births, rank #14
20162016: 9,179 births, rank #14
2017: 8,175 births, rank #15
2018: 7,667 births, rank #17
2019: 7,402 births, rank #17
2020: 6,990 births, rank #17
20212021: 6,983 births, rank #18
2022: 7,285 births, rank #13
2023: 7,665 births, rank #12
2024: 8,113 births, rank #10
20252025: 8,252 births, rank #9

Sofia has made a dramatic comeback. After first appearing in the US records in 1881, it fell to #995 by 1922, before climbing to #9 in 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2015, with 9,702 births.

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