Zofia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZOF-ya
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #553 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,153 for girls
Zofia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “wisdom”. In 2025 it ranked 553rd for girls in the UK (77 babies) and 2,153rd for girls in the US (86 babies).
What does Zofia mean?
Greek: Polish form of Sophia
“wisdom”
The Polish form of Sophia, from Greek sophia, wisdom; Zosia is its usual pet form.
Is Zofia a girl's or a boy's name?
Zofia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 77 girls in the UK and 86 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zofia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 553rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 77 about 1 in 3,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 65% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 77 girls in the UK were named Zofia, making it the 553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 287th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 256 girls.
Half of all the girls named Zofia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 573rd in England and Wales and 387th in Scotland.
Zofia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 77 | #553 |
| 2024 | 74 | #576 |
| 2023 | 65 | #623 |
| 2022 | 108 | #433 |
| 2021 | 162 | #326 |
| 2020 | 181 | #287 |
| 2019 | 197 | #271 |
| 2018 | 241 | #233 |
| 2017 | 224 | #246 |
| 2016 | 256 | #224 |
| 2015 | 226 | #247 |
| 2014 | 227 | #245 |
| 2013 | 176 | #298 |
| 2012 | 161 | #332 |
| 2011 | 189 | #288 |
| 2010 | 166 | #310 |
| 2009 | 142 | #348 |
| 2008 | 105 | #442 |
| 2007 | 70 | #580 |
| 2006 | 35 | #915 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,692 |
| 2004 | 19 | #1,293 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,921 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,815 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,559 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Zofia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,153rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 86 about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 86 girls in the US were named Zofia, making it the 2,153rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,078th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 102 girls. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the girls named Zofia in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 104 girls in the US were given Zofia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,644, up from #2,153 for this spelling alone.
- Zofia 86
- Zophia 18
Zofia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86 | #2,153 |
| 2024 | 65 | #2,661 |
| 2023 | 77 | #2,352 |
| 2022 | 88 | #2,156 |
| 2021 | 84 | #2,212 |
| 2020 | 88 | #2,078 |
| 2019 | 76 | #2,355 |
| 2018 | 80 | #2,275 |
| 2017 | 67 | #2,597 |
| 2016 | 88 | #2,188 |
| 2015 | 63 | #2,773 |
| 2014 | 85 | #2,213 |
| 2013 | 98 | #1,990 |
| 2012 | 95 | #2,028 |
| 2011 | 102 | #1,943 |
| 2010 | 86 | #2,237 |
| 2009 | 81 | #2,374 |
| 2008 | 75 | #2,511 |
| 2007 | 62 | #2,890 |
| 2006 | 67 | #2,669 |
| 2005 | 50 | #3,122 |
| 2004 | 35 | #3,985 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,105 |
| 2002 | 29 | #4,276 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,339 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,815 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,673 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,090 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,832 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,899 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,359 |
Nicknames for Zofia
- Zosia 9 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Zofia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zoya, Zainab, Dua, Hafsa, Esme, Aria, Sophia, Ayra, Ayah, Hiba, Ayla
Other spellings of Zofia
Names related to Zofia
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Maisie
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, “Zofia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zofia, updated 20 October 2026.