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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 0.000633141 122 100%
1882 179 0.000808006 179 100%
1883 159 0.000732905 159 100%
1884 170 0.000698264 170 100%
1885 185 0.0007681 185 100%
1886 218 0.00085384 218 100%
1887 192 0.000776093 192 100%
1888 251 0.000838139 251 100%
1889 251 0.000868674 251 100%
1890 245 0.000812871 245 100%
1891 220 0.00076743 220 100%
1892 241 0.00072075 241 100%
1893 247 0.000759479 247 100%
1894 276 0.000814904 276 100%
1895 259 0.000737848 259 100%
1896 278 0.000777657 278 100%
1897 278 0.000801252 278 100%
1898 240 0.000629168 240 100%
1899 238 0.000701583 238 100%
1900 259 0.000575222 259 100%
1901 221 0.000639076 221 100%
1902 256 0.000661957 256 100%
1903 213 0.000558759 213 100%
1904 230 0.000570034 230 100%
1905 237 0.000559061 237 100%
1906 247 0.000576495 247 100%
1907 265 0.000569412 265 100%
1908 276 0.000564819 276 100%
1909 256 0.000500759 256 100%
1910 271 0.000458768 271 100%
1911 272 0.000422177 272 100%
1912 397 0.000401797 397 100%
1913 429 0.000377272 429 100%
1914 548 0.000386911 548 100%
1915 692 0.000377641 692 100%
1916 697 0.000360315 697 100%
1917 703 0.000350317 698 5 99%
1918 629 0.000289714 629 100%
1919 604 0.000286222 604 100%
1920 545 0.000240868 545 100%
1921 489 0.000209466 489 100%
1922 390 0.000170369 390 100%
1923 369 0.000160261 369 100%
1924 357 0.000149898 357 100%
1925 289 0.000123858 289 100%
1926 234 0.000101921 234 100%
1927 240 0.000103477 240 100%
1928 195 0.000086249 195 100%
1929 169 0.000077093 169 100%
1930 152 0.000068367 152 100%
1931 133 0.000063202 133 100%
1932 132 0.000062522 132 100%
1933 103 0.000051515 103 100%
1934 112 0.00005393 107 5 91%
1935 101 0.00004833 101 100%
1936 98 0.000047172 98 100%
1937 104 0.000048812 104 100%
1938 88 0.000039773 88 100%
1939 99 0.00004493 99 100%
1940 105 0.000045601 105 100%
1941 107 0.000043918 107 100%
1942 81 0.000029652 81 100%
1943 104 0.000036847 104 100%
1944 104 0.000038662 104 100%
1945 103 0.000038826 103 100%
1946 107 0.000033487 107 100%
1947 108 0.000029981 108 100%
1948 112 0.00003244 112 100%
1949 123 0.000035297 123 100%
1950 109 0.000031113 109 100%
1951 153 0.000041534 153 100%
1952 110 0.000028962 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 189 0.000044973 189 100%
1958 226 0.000054685 226 100%
1959 277 0.000066639 277 100%
1960 262 0.000063067 262 100%
1961 324 0.000078243 324 100%
1962 486 0.000120445 486 100%
1963 524 0.00013237 524 100%
1964 477 0.000122696 471 6 97%
1965 509 0.00014039 509 100%
1966 589 0.000169466 589 100%
1967 602 0.000177319 602 100%
1968 553 0.000163679 548 5 98%
1969 593 0.000170616 593 100%
1970 580 0.000160806 580 100%
1971 591 0.000172179 591 100%
1972 486 0.000154614 486 100%
1973 455 0.000150806 455 100%
1974 385 0.000126636 385 100%
1975 385 0.000127495 380 5 97%
1976 366 0.000120608 366 100%
1977 433 0.000136305 433 100%
1978 408 0.000128537 408 100%
1979 491 0.000147567 491 100%
1980 641 0.000186075 641 100%
1981 1240 0.000358424 1235 5 99%
1982 1161 0.000330941 1161 100%
1983 1203 0.000347343 1196 7 99%
1984 1082 0.000310141 1082 100%
1985 1109 0.00031073 1100 9 98%
1986 1065 0.000299414 1059 6 99%
1987 1130 0.000313415 1125 5 99%
1988 1170 0.000316665 1165 5 99%
1989 1074 0.000279374 1059 15 97%
1990 1129 0.00028567 1124 5 99%
1991 1263 0.000324263 1263 100%
1992 1355 0.000352776 1355 100%
1993 1498 0.000397349 1498 100%
1994 1620 0.000435794 1613 7 99%
1995 1764 0.000481719 1764 100%
1996 2518 0.000690446 2513 5 100%
1997 3645 0.001005371 3640 5 100%
1998 4313 0.001172654 4307 6 100%
1999 5429 0.001469833 5423 6 100%
2000 6570 0.001738271 6564 6 100%
2001 7170 0.001915528 7161 9 100%
2002 8671 0.002319817 8665 6 100%
2003 9699 0.002551187 9686 13 100%
2004 10959 0.002868579 10919 40 99%
2005 12692 0.003301626 12676 16 100%
2006 13524 0.003419195 13502 22 100%
2007 17045 0.004264824 17027 18 100%
2008 16100 0.004097288 16088 12 100%
2009 16957 0.004440373 16948 9 100%
2010 20678 0.005597078 20652 26 100%
2011 21879 0.005983904 21856 23 100%
2012 22343 0.006111803 22325 18 100%
2013 21270 0.00583755 21244 26 100%
2014 18655 0.005036194 18636 19 100%
2015 17459 0.004720706 17445 14 100%
2016 16189 0.004416153 16171 18 100%
2017 14944 0.004182763 14925 19 100%
2018 14007 0.00398861 13991 16 100%
2019 13803 0.003982606 13787 16 100%
2020 13081 0.003923538 13070 11 100%
2021 12557 0.003715404 12547 10 100%
2022 12322 0.003665194 12310 12 100%