Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Sophia

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Sophia
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2012

Peak rank proxy

22,335

Current vitality

Strong

Generation

Gen Z

1880Peak 20122024

Peak year

2012

Decline from peak

45.9%

2024

12,088

All-time

426,419

Sophia has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2012, when 22,335 girls were named Sophia.

In 2024, only 12,088 girls were given the name.

Down 45.9% from its peak.

All told, about 426,419 Americans have been named Sophia and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMass culture

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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