# Sofie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sofie/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,003 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,003 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 775, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 249 | 1,009 |
| 2012 | 254 | 997 |
| 2013 | 216 | 1,125 |
| 2014 | 204 | 1,197 |
| 2015 | 173 | 1,370 |
| 2016 | 192 | 1,270 |
| 2017 | 163 | 1,408 |
| 2018 | 158 | 1,420 |
| 2019 | 147 | 1,494 |
| 2020 | 169 | 1,306 |
| 2021 | 134 | 1,575 |
| 2022 | 152 | 1,462 |
| 2023 | 163 | 1,386 |
| 2024 | 151 | 1,456 |
| 2025 | 138 | 1,539 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 34 | 1,015 |
| 2012 | 25 | 1,297 |
| 2013 | 36 | 999 |
| 2014 | 35 | 1,016 |
| 2015 | 39 | 923 |
| 2016 | 30 | 1,142 |
| 2017 | 25 | 1,330 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1,788 |
| 2019 | 19 | 1,562 |
| 2020 | 23 | 1,352 |
| 2021 | 18 | 1,628 |
| 2022 | 18 | 1,621 |
| 2023 | 20 | 1,525 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,574 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,719 |

## People named Sofie

- Sofie Junge Pedersen, Danish association football player
- Sofie Dokter, Dutch athlete
- Sofie Svava, Danish association football player
- Sofie Castenschiold, Danish tennis player (1882–1979)
- Sofie Krehl, German cross-country skier
- Sofie Luise of Württemberg-Winnental, (1642-1702)
- Sofie Carsten Nielsen, former Minister for Higher Education and Science of Denmark
- Sofie Holten, Danish painter (1858–1930)
- Sofie De Vuyst, Belgian cyclist
- Sofie Podlipská, Czech writer, translator and historic literature writer (1833-1897)
- Sofie Lundgaard, Danish association football player
- Sofie van Rooijen, Dutch cyclist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.