Sophy
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SOH-fee
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Sophy is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “wisdom”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Sophy 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 Sophy a girl's or a boy's name?
Sophy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sophy in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 18 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sophy in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Sophy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,348 |
| 1999 | 13 | #1,493 |
| 1998 | 15 | #1,350 |
| 1997 | 15 | #1,333 |
| 1996 | 18 | #1,122 |
How popular is Sophy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 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, 6 girls in the US were named Sophy, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the girls named Sophy in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 4,173 girls in the US were given Sophy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #66, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
Sophy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 23 | #5,623 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,902 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,853 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,021 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,815 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,821 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,711 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,832 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,977 |
Names like Sophy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Chloe, Zoe, Emily, Lucy, Lily, Molly, Ivy, Ellie, Maisie, Hannah, Sarah, Stevie
Other spellings of Sophy
Names related to Sophy
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Iris, Lainey, Elena, Atlas
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, “Sophy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sophy, updated 20 October 2026.