Sofya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SOHF-yah
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Sofya is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “wisdom”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Sofya mean?
Greek: Russian form of Sophia, from Greek sophia
“wisdom”
Sofya Kovalevskaya was the first woman in modern Europe to earn a doctorate in mathematics.
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Is Sofya a girl's or a boy's name?
Sofya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sofya in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sofya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sofya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
How popular is Sofya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Sofya, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Sofya in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sofya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
Nicknames for Sofya
- Sonya 7 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Sofya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Ayra Zainab Ayah Raya Hiba Dua Safaa Zoya Ayla Sama
Names related to Sofya
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, “Sofya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sofya, updated 20 October 2026.