Zophia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZOF-ya
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Zophia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “wisdom”. In 2025 it ranked 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Zophia mean?
Greek: spelling of Zofia; Polish form of Sophia
“wisdom”
The Polish form of Sophia, from Greek sophia, wisdom; Zosia is its usual pet form.
Meaning borrowed from Zofia.
Is Zophia a girl's or a boy's name?
Zophia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zophia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,324th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Zophia, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,004th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 48 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
2025 had fewer girls named Zophia than any year since 2008.
Half of all the girls named Zophia in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 104 girls in the US were given Zophia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,644, up from #6,324 for this spelling alone.
- Zofia 86
- Zophia 18
Zophia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,770 |
| 2023 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 27 | #4,829 |
| 2020 | 35 | #4,004 |
| 2019 | 31 | #4,436 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,236 |
| 2017 | 30 | #4,574 |
| 2016 | 35 | #4,156 |
| 2015 | 44 | #3,533 |
| 2014 | 45 | #3,484 |
| 2013 | 48 | #3,313 |
| 2012 | 43 | #3,643 |
| 2011 | 46 | #3,451 |
| 2010 | 45 | #3,515 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
Nicknames for Zophia
- Zosia 9 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Zophia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aria, Sophia, Zosia, Ximena, Alessia, Esme, Palmer, Zoya, Solana, Ziva, Marigold, Amora
Other spellings of Zophia
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
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, “Zophia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zophia, updated 20 October 2026.