Sofiya

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Sofiya: Recorded since 1996, it reached #937 in 2011, and it stood at #1,406 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#937highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#3174
1998	#2701
1999	#2770
2001	#2226
2002	#2301
2003	#4373
2004	#2530
2005	#2682
2006	#2781
2007	#1965
2008	#1718
2009	#1467
2010	#2235
2011	#1903
2012	#1893
2013	#1774
2014	#2464
2015	#2070
2016	#2120
2017	#1512
2018	#2901
2019	#1389
2020	#2615
2021	#1505
2022	#1245
2023	#1371
2024	#1406

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 England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2011: #937 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1903 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2683 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1406 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Sofiya 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 Sofiya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	19	4 of 10	5
2000s	84	9 of 10	9
2010s	143	10 of 10	14
2020sbusiest	101	5 of 10	20

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 20 births a year.

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

Sofiya 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #937 in Republic of Ireland in 2011.

Sofiya'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
2024	England and Wales	female	#1406	23	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1371	23	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1245	26	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1505	20	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1389	22	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1512	21	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2120	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2070	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2464	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1774	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1893	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1903	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2235	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1467	19	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1718	15	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1965	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2301	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2226	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #937, first reached in 2011.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 26 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2011, and 15 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.

Sofie · #2, 69y
Sofija · #221, 23y
Sofiyah · #3218, 15y
Sofya · #2888, 13y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Samreen · #937, 27y
Elvie · #910, 25y
Meriem · #910, 26y
Riana · #910, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Alika · #937, 18y
Eisha · #937, 21y
Giuliana · #937, 20y
Lilie · #937, 20y

Sofiya was ranked #937 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2011. 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.

Sofiya 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 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Sofiya without appearing here.

Sofiya moved ahead of

Finley Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2901 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1389 and #5591.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2901 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1389 and #5591.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1505 and #5581.
Francis Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1505 and #4634.

Moved ahead of Sofiya

Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1512 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2901 and #1436.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1389 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #1313.
Frida Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1467 and #1526 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2235 and #1218.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1774 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2464 and #1628.

Moved the opposite way to Sofiya

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sofiya went from #2683 to #1406 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sofiya went from #2683 to #1406 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sofiya went from #2683 to #1406 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sofiya went from #2683 to #1406 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Sofiya

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sofiya went from #2683 to #1406 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sofiya went from #2683 to #1406 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sofiya went from #2683 to #1406 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sofiya went from #2683 to #1406 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

What's not yet available

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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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #937 in Republic of Ireland in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sofiya

Sofiya at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sofiya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Sofiya at a glance

Sofiya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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