Over the past 110 years, 41 boys and 353 475 girls have been named Sophia. The name Sophia ranks 7435th in the United States among the most common names for boys. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Sophia in 1989. The peak of popularity of the name Sophia came in the 1980s and 2000s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.