The first name Sofie
A girl’s name.
2 syllables Female
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 17 girls were named Sofie, making it the 1,719th most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2015, with 39 births (#923).
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Sofie with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Sofie at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 138 girls born in the United States were named Sofie, the 1,539th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2012, when 254 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Sofie
19 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Sofie Junge PedersenDanish association football player, born 1992
- Sofie DokterDutch athlete, born 2002
- Sofie SvavaDanish association football player, born 2000
- Sofie CastenschioldDanish tennis player (1882–1979)
- Sofie KrehlGerman cross-country skier, born 1995
- Sofie Luise of Württemberg-Winnental(1642-1702)
- Sofie Carsten NielsenFormer Minister for Higher Education and Science of Denmark, born 1975
- Sofie HoltenDanish painter (1858–1930)
- Sofie De VuystBelgian cyclist, born 1987
- Sofie PodlipskáCzech writer, translator and historic literature writer (1833-1897)
- Sofie LundgaardDanish association football player, born 2002
- Sofie van RooijenDutch cyclist, born 2002
Questions
- How popular is the name Sofie?
- In 2025, 17 girls born in England and Wales were named Sofie, ranking 1,719th. Its peak was 2015, with 39 births.
- Is Sofie a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 5,003 US babies named Sofie since 1880 were girls.
- When was Sofie most popular?
- 2012 in the United States, when 254 babies were named Sofie, its highest rank at 997th.