Sofija

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Sofija: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Sofija: Recorded since 2001, it reached #221 in 2016, and it stood at #349 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
67times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#221highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2003–2025

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#4373
2005	#3382
2006	#1983
2007	#4294
2008	#1815
2009	#3031
2010	#1993
2011	#1149
2012	#1210
2013	#1253
2014	#859
2015	#871
2016	#975
2017	#1258
2018	#1083
2019	#996
2020	#1618
2021	#1569
2022	#1245
2023	#2201
2024	#1302
2025	#1512

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 21 of the 25 years from 2001 to 2025.

In 2025: #349 among girls in Norway, #608 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1512 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 2001–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2001
First recorded at #556 among girls in Norway in 2001 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded2001–2025
Highest recorded position: #221 among girls in Norway, in 2016 (recorded 2001–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #1512 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Sofija appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 22 ranked years and 477 births registered; the earliest is Norway · Girls, from 2001.

Sofija across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Sofija's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#556 (2001)	#221 (2016)	#349 (2025)	21 of 25	228 (2001–2025)	25 (2016)
England and Wales · Girls	#4373 (2003)	#859 (2014)	#1512 (2025)	22 of 23	477 (2003–2025)	44 (2014)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#842 (2007)	#321 (2014)	#608 (2025)	19 of 19	143 (2007–2025)	15 (2014)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#358 (2015)	#281 (2020)	#446 (2021)	5 of 7	19 (2015–2021)	5 (2020)

Sofija by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Sofija in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	44	6 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	313	10 of 10	31
2020s	120	6 of 10	20

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 31 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Sofija appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 2001 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #221 in Norway in 2016.

Sofija's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2025	England and Wales	female	#1512	20	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	female	#1302	25	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1245	26	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1569	19	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1618	18	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#996	35	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1083	32	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1258	27	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#975	37	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#871	42	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#859	44	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1253	27	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1210	27	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1149	29	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1993	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1815	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1983	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#446	3	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#281	5	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#424	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#353	4	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#358	4	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#349	10	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#328	11	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#320	12	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#383	8	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#300	12	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#315	12	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#280	15	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#367	11	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#332	13	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#221	25	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#290	17	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#385	11	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#301	17	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#411	10	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#431	9	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#438	9	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#538	6	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#530	6	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#575	5	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#614	4	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#556	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#608	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#625	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	7	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#464	8	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#495	7	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#457	8	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#629	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#430	9	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#390	11	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#431	10	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#321	15	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#340	14	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#597	6	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 2001 and 2025, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #221, first reached in 2016.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 44 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 14 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Sofian · #1379, 27y
Sofie · #2, 69y
Sofiya · #937, 29y
Sofiyah · #2278, 16y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Alaya · #225, 26y
Arwen · #215, 27y
Ember · #215, 24y
Skyler · #228, 28y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Pyper · #218, 25y
Koen · #216, 22y
Ralphie · #226, 23y
Brooks · #227, 13y

Sofija was ranked #221 in Norway · Girls in 2016. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Nadia#217
Othilie#218
Ragnhild#219
Rebekka#220
Ariana#222
Clara#223
Ina#224
Mariam#225

Sofija and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Sofija without appearing here.

Sofija moved ahead of

Dianne
In 2007 they stood at #4294 and #4294 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #1815 and #5545.
Therese
In 2007 they stood at #4294 and #2895 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #1815 and #5545.
Kai
In 2009 they stood at #3031 and #2326 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1993 and #5707.
Kristine
In 2009 they stood at #3031 and #3031 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1993 and #5707.

Moved ahead of Sofija

Fiadh
In 2019 they stood at #996 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1618 and #460.
Eabha
In 2019 they stood at #996 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1618 and #1313.
Rory
In 2024 they stood at #1302 and #1603 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2025 that had become #1512 and #1271.
Blake
In 2015 they stood at #871 and #1240 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #975 and #768.

Moved the opposite way to Sofija

Anette
Between 2001 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Sofija went from #556 to #328 while Anette went from #93 to #479.
Cecilie
Between 2001 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Sofija went from #556 to #328 while Cecilie went from #82 to #452.
Rita
Between 2001 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Sofija went from #556 to #328 while Rita went from #318 to #473.
Tone
Between 2001 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Sofija went from #556 to #328 while Tone went from #233 to #518.

Moved the same way as Sofija

Ada
Between 2003 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Sofija went from #4373 to #1512 and Ada from #1628 to #40.
Alma
Between 2003 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Sofija went from #4373 to #1512 and Alma from #2727 to #211.
Amelia
Between 2003 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Sofija went from #4373 to #1512 and Amelia from #21 to #3.
Aoife
Between 2003 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Sofija went from #4373 to #1512 and Aoife from #351 to #192.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 2001 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #221 in Norway in 2016. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sofija

Sofija at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sofija across 4 official records

Sofija by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sofija appears in

Popularity data

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Sofija at a glance

Sofija across 4 official records

Sofija by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sofija appears in

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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