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How popular is “Sophia” in the USA?

Number of people named “Sophia” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Sophia” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Sophia” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Sophia” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Sophia” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Sophia” by birth year

This chart shows how “Sophia” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 138 0.000684918 138 100%
1881 122 0.000633148 122 100%
1882 179 0.000808006 179 100%
1883 159 0.000732901 159 100%
1884 170 0.000698264 170 100%
1885 185 0.0007681 185 100%
1886 218 0.000853844 218 100%
1887 192 0.000776096 192 100%
1888 251 0.000838136 251 100%
1889 251 0.000868674 251 100%
1890 245 0.000812871 245 100%
1891 220 0.000767425 220 100%
1892 241 0.00072075 241 100%
1893 247 0.000759479 247 100%
1894 276 0.000814904 276 100%
1895 259 0.00073785 259 100%
1896 278 0.000777657 278 100%
1897 278 0.000801252 278 100%
1898 240 0.00062917 240 100%
1899 238 0.000701581 238 100%
1900 259 0.000575226 259 100%
1901 221 0.000639076 221 100%
1902 256 0.000661955 256 100%
1903 213 0.000558762 213 100%
1904 230 0.000570034 230 100%
1905 237 0.000559065 237 100%
1906 247 0.000576495 247 100%
1907 265 0.000569415 265 100%
1908 276 0.000564823 276 100%
1909 256 0.000500759 256 100%
1910 271 0.000458769 271 100%
1911 272 0.000422178 272 100%
1912 397 0.000401797 397 100%
1913 429 0.000377272 429 100%
1914 548 0.000386912 548 100%
1915 692 0.000377641 692 100%
1916 697 0.000360315 697 100%
1917 703 0.000350318 698 5 99%
1918 629 0.000289713 629 100%
1919 604 0.000286223 604 100%
1920 545 0.000240869 545 100%
1921 489 0.000209466 489 100%
1922 390 0.000170368 390 100%
1923 369 0.000160262 369 100%
1924 357 0.000149899 357 100%
1925 289 0.000123859 289 100%
1926 234 0.000101921 234 100%
1927 240 0.000103477 240 100%
1928 195 0.000086247 195 100%
1929 169 0.000077093 169 100%
1930 152 0.000068367 152 100%
1931 133 0.000063201 133 100%
1932 132 0.000062521 132 100%
1933 103 0.000051514 103 100%
1934 112 0.000053929 107 5 91%
1935 101 0.000048328 101 100%
1936 98 0.00004717 98 100%
1937 104 0.000048811 104 100%
1938 88 0.000039773 88 100%
1939 99 0.00004493 99 100%
1940 105 0.000045599 105 100%
1941 107 0.000043917 107 100%
1942 81 0.000029651 81 100%
1943 104 0.000036846 104 100%
1944 104 0.000038661 104 100%
1945 103 0.000038825 103 100%
1946 107 0.000033487 107 100%
1947 108 0.000029981 108 100%
1948 112 0.00003244 112 100%
1949 123 0.000035296 123 100%
1950 109 0.000031113 109 100%
1951 153 0.000041534 153 100%
1952 110 0.000028963 110 100%
1953 129 0.000033475 129 100%
1954 113 0.000028387 113 100%
1955 152 0.000037857 152 100%
1956 121 0.000029347 121 100%
1957 188 0.000044739 188 100%
1958 226 0.00005467 226 100%
1959 277 0.000066619 277 100%
1960 262 0.000063075 262 100%
1961 324 0.000078217 324 100%
1962 486 0.000120435 486 100%
1963 524 0.000132383 524 100%
1964 477 0.000122698 471 6 97%
1965 509 0.000140396 509 100%
1966 589 0.000169464 589 100%
1967 603 0.00017762 603 100%
1968 553 0.000163686 548 5 98%
1969 593 0.000170632 593 100%
1970 580 0.00016082 580 100%
1971 591 0.000172185 591 100%
1972 486 0.00015463 486 100%
1973 455 0.000150818 455 100%
1974 385 0.000126645 385 100%
1975 385 0.000127509 380 5 97%
1976 366 0.000120621 366 100%
1977 432 0.000135999 432 100%
1978 409 0.000128865 409 100%
1979 493 0.000148182 493 100%
1980 641 0.000186093 641 100%
1981 1240 0.000358446 1235 5 99%
1982 1161 0.000330961 1161 100%
1983 1203 0.000347353 1196 7 99%
1984 1082 0.000310139 1082 100%
1985 1107 0.000310161 1098 9 98%
1986 1065 0.000299403 1059 6 99%
1987 1129 0.000313123 1124 5 99%
1988 1170 0.00031664 1165 5 99%
1989 1074 0.000279364 1059 15 97%
1990 1129 0.000285644 1124 5 99%
1991 1263 0.00032424 1263 100%
1992 1355 0.000352748 1355 100%
1993 1498 0.000397318 1498 100%
1994 1620 0.000435759 1613 7 99%
1995 1765 0.000481957 1765 100%
1996 2518 0.000690394 2513 5 100%
1997 3645 0.00100531 3640 5 100%
1998 4314 0.001172854 4308 6 100%
1999 5429 0.001469733 5423 6 100%
2000 6570 0.001738139 6564 6 100%
2001 7171 0.001915643 7162 9 100%
2002 8671 0.002319509 8665 6 100%
2003 9699 0.002550812 9686 13 100%
2004 10959 0.002868155 10919 40 99%
2005 12694 0.003301563 12678 16 100%
2006 13525 0.003418694 13503 22 100%
2007 17049 0.00426472 17031 18 100%
2008 16102 0.004096508 16090 12 100%
2009 16960 0.004439587 16951 9 100%
2010 20681 0.005595904 20655 26 100%
2011 21884 0.005982844 21861 23 100%
2012 22353 0.006111774 22335 18 100%
2013 21279 0.005836792 21253 26 100%
2014 18661 0.005034837 18642 19 100%
2015 17465 0.004719107 17451 14 100%
2016 16200 0.004415736 16182 18 100%
2017 14955 0.004181819 14936 19 100%
2018 14020 0.003987602 14004 16 100%
2019 13829 0.003984232 13813 16 100%
2020 13106 0.003923274 13095 11 100%
2021 12588 0.003715522 12578 10 100%
2022 12387 0.003661397 12375 12 100%
2023 11993 0.003621954 11984 9 100%
2024 12088 0.003631665 12088 100%