The name Sophia is of Greek origin, and means wisdom.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Sophia has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Sophia
Use of the Name Sophia for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
106,499
88,366
77,960
60,340
42,716
20,378
10,748
The table below indicates the number of times the name Sophia has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Sophia
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
118
138
1881
131
122
1882
116
179
1883
129
158
1884
134
171
1885
134
185
1886
128
218
1887
137
192
1888
136
251
1889
139
251
1890
144
245
1891
153
220
1892
162
241
1893
159
247
1894
156
276
1895
164
259
1896
160
278
1897
164
278
1898
189
240
1899
180
238
1900
197
259
1901
187
221
1902
180
256
1903
199
213
1904
196
230
1905
198
237
1906
194
246
1907
198
265
1908
203
275
1909
221
256
1910
237
269
1911
239
271
1912
226
395
1913
231
430
1914
229
547
1915
226
694
1916
232
695
1917
235
698
1918
256
628
1919
261
606
1920
281
542
1921
299
488
1922
331
391
1923
342
369
1924
365
357
1925
406
288
1926
442
235
1927
444
242
1928
498
194
1929
526
169
1930
553
152
1931
575
132
1932
569
133
1933
648
103
1934
646
108
1935
668
99
1936
670
98
1937
669
104
1938
735
88
1939
686
99
1940
674
106
1941
685
106
1942
850
82
1943
765
103
1944
757
103
1945
725
106
1946
817
103
1947
845
108
1948
820
113
1949
786
121
1950
846
109
1951
709
153
1952
884
109
1953
815
129
1954
910
113
1955
780
152
1956
923
121
1957
736
186
1958
661
226
1959
600
274
1960
623
262
1961
548
325
1962
439
483
1963
425
524
1964
454
469
1965
416
506
1966
375
589
1967
368
601
1968
395
545
1969
385
591
1970
403
577
1971
384
592
1972
407
484
1973
429
455
1974
472
381
1975
486
378
1976
495
364
1977
460
429
1978
481
405
1979
427
487
1980
367
639
1981
211
1,230
1982
224
1,157
1983
213
1,186
1984
235
1,084
1985
236
1,095
1986
245
1,056
1987
238
1,114
1988
226
1,160
1989
254
1,062
1990
250
1,121
1991
228
1,257
1992
212
1,352
1993
197
1,497
1994
185
1,610
1995
168
1,762
1996
126
2,511
1997
95
3,635
1998
73
4,298
1999
53
5,418
2000
42
6,555
2001
37
7,145
2002
27
8,638
2003
20
9,630
2004
15
10,748
Totals:
106,499
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Sophia as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.