Sofiia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- so-FEE-a
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Sofiia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “wisdom”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Sofiia 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 Sofiia a girl's or a boy's name?
Sofiia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sofiia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,856th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Newly popular new in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Sofiia, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2024, with 19 girls.
In 2025, 3,494 girls in the UK were given Sofiia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1, up from #2,856 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Sofiia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
How popular is Sofiia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,104th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Sofiia, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2024, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 2023.
In 2025, 20,827 girls in the US were given Sofiia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1, up from #10,104 for this spelling alone.
Sofiia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
Nicknames for Sofiia
- Sophie 960 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Sofiia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Croia, Alora, Dua, Lucia, Aria, Rosa, Syeda, Solana, Ariana, Margot, Marigold, Selena
Other spellings of Sofiia
Names related to Sofiia
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Maisie, Lainey
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, “Sofiia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sofiia, updated 20 October 2026.