Sofi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SOH-fee
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Sofi is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “wisdom”. In 2025 it ranked 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Sofi mean?
Greek: spelling of Sophie; French form of Sophia
“wisdom”
The French form of Sophia; Sophie Scholl was a German student executed in 1943 for resisting the Nazis.
Meaning borrowed from Sophie. More on Wiktionary.
Is Sofi a girl's or a boy's name?
Sofi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sofi in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sofi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Sofi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Sofi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Sofi, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,546th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 49 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
2025 had fewer girls named Sofi than any year since 2006.
Half of all the girls named Sofi in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 4,173 girls in the US were given Sofi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #66, up from #5,721 for this spelling alone.
Sofi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 36 | #4,038 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,996 |
| 2022 | 32 | #4,376 |
| 2021 | 28 | #4,715 |
| 2020 | 29 | #4,546 |
| 2019 | 26 | #5,039 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,450 |
| 2017 | 32 | #4,383 |
| 2016 | 29 | #4,733 |
| 2015 | 34 | #4,231 |
| 2014 | 30 | #4,655 |
| 2013 | 37 | #4,000 |
| 2012 | 49 | #3,313 |
| 2011 | 37 | #3,998 |
| 2010 | 34 | #4,305 |
| 2009 | 39 | #3,943 |
| 2008 | 25 | #5,571 |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,095 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
Names like Sofi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Remi Safa Esme Dua Zoya Sophia Pippa Demi Maisie Zainab Ayra Zofia
Other spellings of Sofi
Names related to Sofi
More Greek names
Luca Theodore George Theo Lucas Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Zoe Iris Lainey Elena
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sofi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sofi, updated 20 October 2026.