Sophie
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning wisdom.
How Sophie has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #104 |
| 2016 | #109 |
| 2017 | #106 |
| 2018 | #98 |
| 2019 | #85 |
| 2020 | #75 |
| 2021 | #76 |
| 2022 | #63 |
| 2023 | #60 |
| 2024 | #60 |
| 2025 | #55 |
Sophie by the numbers
In 2025, 724 babies in England and Wales were named Sophie. In the US, 2,820 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 4,728 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
At its height, in 1915, about 1 in 490 American girls born that year was called Sophie.
Names that come from Sophie
Forms of Sophie in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sophie. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Sophiawisdom14,848 in the US (2017)
- Sopheewisdom; variant spelling of Sophie14 in the US (2017)
- Sophiwisdom; a form of Sophie11 in the US (2017)
- Sophieewisdom; a modern respelling of Sophia5 in the US (2017)
- Sofiewisdom; a form of Sophia160 in the US (2017)
- Sonnieson; a form of Sonny25 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Sophie
Names that are said the same way as Sophie, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean wisdom
Like Sophie, each of these has wisdom in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Sofiawisdom1,490 in England and Wales (2025)
- Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
- Quinndescendant of Conn; wise and intelligent4,467 in the US (2017)
- Athenagoddess of wisdom and warfare519 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sagewise one1,669 in the US (2017)
- Skylerscholar, learned one; modern respelling of Schuyler1,459 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Sophie
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