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Sophonie

Gender
Girl
Say it
soh-foh-NEE
Origin
French

Sophonie is a girls' name of French origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Sophonie come from?

French: French name; also the French form of Zephaniah, and close to Sophie

Is Sophonie a girl's or a boy's name?

Sophonie is a girls' name.

How popular is Sophonie in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.

Half of all the girls named Sophonie in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.

1982Busiest: 13 in 19972022
Sophonie in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20226#13,586
20215#15,246
20200–
20190–
20185#15,677
20177#12,709
20165#16,210
20155#16,413
20140–
20135#16,542
20126#14,956
20115#16,756
20105#16,985
20090–
20085#17,498
20070–
20066#15,147
20056#14,495
20045#16,092
20038#11,319
20026#13,589
20018#11,013
20005#15,024
199911#8,216
19980–
199713#6,839
19960–
19955#13,380
19940–
19937#10,581
19920–
19918#9,328
19906#11,403
19890–
19880–
19870–
19867#8,518
19850–
19840–
19830–
19826#9,235

Names like Sophonie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Sophonie

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Sources

Figures from 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, “Sophonie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sophonie, updated 20 October 2026.