Szofia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SOH-fee-a
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Szofia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “wisdom”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Szofia mean?
Greek: Hungarian-style spelling of Sofia
“wisdom”
Is Szofia a girl's or a boy's name?
Szofia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Szofia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Szofia, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Szofia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Szofia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 2 | #7,494 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
Nicknames for Szofia
- Zsofi
Names like Szofia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sophia, Maria, Aria, Lucia, Ariana, Dua, Esme, Rosa, Alora, Zofia, Pippa, Amara
Names related to Szofia
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, 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) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Szofia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/szofia, updated 20 October 2026.