Female name
Sofia
30,626 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2018. Expression number: 5.
Origin
Variant spelling of Sophia and from various other languages' own adaptations of Ancient Greek Σοφία (Sophía, “wisdom, especially divine wisdom”). Sometimes borrowed into English as an anglicization of an accented or closely related form, as with Spanish Sofía, Welsh Soffia, and Hungarian Zsófia. As the capital of Bulgaria, via nonstandard, though now official, romanization of Bulgarian Со́фия (Sófija), from църква „Света София“ (cărkva „Sveta Sofija“), from Medieval Greek Ναός Ἁγίας Σοφίας (Naós Hagías Sophías, “Church of Holy Wisdom”), the city's prominent 6th-century Byzantine Greek church, first attested being used as the name for the city in the 14th century and reinforced under Ottoman rule as Ottoman Turkish صوفیه (Sofya). Compare the name of the Hagia Sophia.From Wiktionary, entry “Sofia”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 2018: 1,728 births. 30,626 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. At its peak, it ranked 12th among girls' names in 2024. It is still given: 7,877 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 2015: 9,711 births. 186,931 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. At its peak, it ranked 9th among girls' names in 2025. It really came into use around 1898. It is still given: 38,334 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 2021: 171 births. 2,586 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. At its peak, it ranked 23rd among girls' names in 2025. It really came into use around 2003. It is still given: 799 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 130,167 | 2012–2023 | 4th in 2016 |
| France | 34,055 | 1900–2025 | 30th in 2025 |
| Switzerland | 9,951* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Quebec | 6,633 | 1980–2025 | 6th in 2025 |
| Austria | 3,317 | 1984–2025 | 30th in 2025 |
| Belgium | 2,804 | 2014–2023 | — |
| Berlin | 1,376 | 2012–2023 | 13th in 2023 |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: RENAPER, Nombres propios en Argentina, CC BY 4.0 (the registry doesn't record sex); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0; Statbel, first names of newborns, CC BY 4.0 (one total for the whole period, no yearly breakdown); Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first).
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
5
freedom, change, movement
1 + 6 + 6 + 9 + 1 = 23 → 5
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
7
reflection, inner life, seeking
6 + 9 + 1 = 16 → 7
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
7
reflection, inner life, seeking
1 + 6 = 7
- Digits missing from the name
- 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 1 · initiative, independence, beginnings
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.