Sofiah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- so-FEE-a
- Origin
- Greek
Sofiah is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “wisdom”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Sofiah mean?
Greek: spelling of Sophia
“wisdom”
Greek for wisdom; Sophia of Hanover was the ancestor through whom the Hanoverians inherited the British throne.
Meaning borrowed from Sophia. More on Wiktionary.
Is Sofiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Sofiah is a girls' name.
How popular is Sofiah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 6 girls.
Sofiah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
How popular is Sofiah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 2004.
Half of all the girls named Sofiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sofiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 23 | #5,623 |
| 2013 | 35 | #4,154 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
Nicknames for Sofiah
- Sophie 960 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Sofiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Sumayyah Nusaybah Aaliyah Ruqayyah Zainab Safiya Ayah Abeeha Safaa Hafsa Aaminah
Names related to Sofiah
Sofia Safiyah Sofiya Sofie Sofiia Soffia Sofiyah Sofya Sofi Sofhia
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris
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, “Sofiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sofiah, updated 20 October 2026.