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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 0.000732905 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 0.000838136 251 100%
1889 251 0.000868674 251 100%
1890 245 0.000812871 245 100%
1891 220 0.000767428 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 0.00062917 240 100%
1899 238 0.000701581 238 100%
1900 259 0.000575224 259 100%
1901 221 0.000639076 221 100%
1902 256 0.000661955 256 100%
1903 213 0.000558759 213 100%
1904 230 0.000570034 230 100%
1905 237 0.000559062 237 100%
1906 247 0.000576495 247 100%
1907 265 0.000569414 265 100%
1908 276 0.000564821 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 0.000386911 548 100%
1915 692 0.000377641 692 100%
1916 697 0.000360316 697 100%
1917 703 0.000350318 698 5 99%
1918 629 0.000289713 629 100%
1919 604 0.000286222 604 100%
1920 545 0.000240869 545 100%
1921 489 0.000209466 489 100%
1922 390 0.000170369 390 100%
1923 369 0.000160262 369 100%
1924 357 0.000149898 357 100%
1925 289 0.000123859 289 100%
1926 234 0.000101921 234 100%
1927 240 0.000103477 240 100%
1928 195 0.000086248 195 100%
1929 169 0.000077093 169 100%
1930 152 0.000068367 152 100%
1931 133 0.000063202 133 100%
1932 132 0.000062521 132 100%
1933 103 0.000051515 103 100%
1934 112 0.000053929 107 5 91%
1935 101 0.000048328 101 100%
1936 98 0.000047171 98 100%
1937 104 0.000048812 104 100%
1938 88 0.000039773 88 100%
1939 99 0.00004493 99 100%
1940 105 0.0000456 105 100%
1941 107 0.000043918 107 100%
1942 81 0.000029651 81 100%
1943 104 0.000036846 104 100%
1944 104 0.000038661 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 0.000028963 110 100%
1953 129 0.000033475 129 100%
1954 113 0.000028387 113 100%
1955 152 0.000037858 152 100%
1956 121 0.000029347 121 100%
1957 188 0.00004474 188 100%
1958 226 0.000054665 226 100%
1959 277 0.000066639 277 100%
1960 262 0.000063073 262 100%
1961 324 0.000078224 324 100%
1962 486 0.000120451 486 100%
1963 524 0.000132379 524 100%
1964 477 0.000122699 471 6 97%
1965 509 0.000140395 509 100%
1966 589 0.000169469 589 100%
1967 603 0.00017762 603 100%
1968 553 0.000163689 548 5 98%
1969 593 0.00017063 593 100%
1970 580 0.000160821 580 100%
1971 591 0.000172189 591 100%
1972 486 0.000154628 486 100%
1973 455 0.000150819 455 100%
1974 385 0.000126645 385 100%
1975 385 0.00012751 380 5 97%
1976 366 0.00012062 366 100%
1977 432 0.000136003 432 100%
1978 408 0.000128552 408 100%
1979 492 0.000147883 492 100%
1980 641 0.000186094 641 100%
1981 1240 0.00035845 1235 5 99%
1982 1161 0.000330963 1161 100%
1983 1204 0.000347648 1197 7 99%
1984 1082 0.000310148 1082 100%
1985 1109 0.000310733 1100 9 98%
1986 1064 0.000299133 1058 6 99%
1987 1130 0.000313411 1125 5 99%
1988 1170 0.000316656 1165 5 99%
1989 1074 0.000279372 1059 15 97%
1990 1129 0.00028566 1124 5 99%
1991 1263 0.000324255 1263 100%
1992 1355 0.000352765 1355 100%
1993 1498 0.000397333 1498 100%
1994 1620 0.000435779 1613 7 99%
1995 1764 0.000481701 1764 100%
1996 2518 0.000690422 2513 5 100%
1997 3645 0.001005342 3640 5 100%
1998 4314 0.001172892 4308 6 100%
1999 5429 0.001469781 5423 6 100%
2000 6570 0.001738191 6564 6 100%
2001 7171 0.001915707 7162 9 100%
2002 8671 0.002319607 8665 6 100%
2003 9699 0.002551015 9686 13 100%
2004 10959 0.002868373 10919 40 99%
2005 12693 0.003301559 12677 16 100%
2006 13525 0.003419035 13503 22 100%
2007 17047 0.004264675 17029 18 100%
2008 16102 0.004097099 16090 12 100%
2009 16957 0.004439593 16948 9 100%
2010 20680 0.005596531 20654 26 100%
2011 21882 0.005983343 21859 23 100%
2012 22351 0.00611243 22333 18 100%
2013 21275 0.00583708 21249 26 100%
2014 18659 0.005035602 18640 19 100%
2015 17464 0.004720192 17450 14 100%
2016 16198 0.004416606 16180 18 100%
2017 14947 0.00418131 14928 19 100%
2018 14013 0.003987593 13997 16 100%
2019 13817 0.003983232 13801 16 100%
2020 13097 0.003923789 13086 11 100%
2021 12569 0.00371349 12559 10 100%
2022 12373 0.003662156 12361 12 100%
2023 11952 0.003624843 11944 8 100%