Zofia

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Zofia: Recorded since 1953, with a gap of 15 years, it reached #121 in 2016, and it stood at #314 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
97times a registrar ranked it
73years from first to last
#121highest recorded position
24groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Zofia's record

Absent from every published list for 15 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#1450
1998	#1697
1999	#1805
2000	#2746
2001	#1870
2002	#2868
2003	#1722
2004	#1312
2005	#1589
2006	#890
2007	#578
2008	#445
2009	#346
2010	#322
2011	#292
2012	#350
2013	#304
2014	#246
2015	#236
2016	#235
2017	#240
2018	#237
2019	#288
2020	#298
2021	#318
2022	#438
2023	#608
2024	#603
2025	#573

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 33 of the 73 years from 1953 to 2025.

In 2025: #314 among girls in Norway, #573 among girls in England and Wales, #608 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1953–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1953
First recorded at #386 among girls in Norway in 1953 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded2006–2025
Highest recorded position: #121 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2016 (recorded 2006–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #573 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Zofia appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 33 years beginning in 1953, and has registered 328 births with the name.

Zofia 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.

Zofia'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	#386 (1953)	#194 (2021)	#314 (2025)	33 of 73	328 (1953–2025)	24 (2017)
England and Wales · Girls	#2350 (1996)	#235 (2016)	#573 (2025)	30 of 30	2,842 (1996–2025)	221 (2016)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#394 (2006)	#121 (2016)	#608 (2025)	20 of 20	546 (2006–2025)	50 (2016)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#351 (2007)	#180 (2011)	#354 (2022)	13 of 16	60 (2007–2022)	11 (2011)

Zofia by decade in Norway · 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 Zofia in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	31	6 of 10	5
1960s	4	1 of 10	4
1970s	4	1 of 10	4
1980s	4	1 of 10	4
1990s	8	2 of 10	4
2000s	42	6 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	148	10 of 10	15
2020s	87	6 of 10	15

Across Norway · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 15 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Zofia 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 5 regions, from 1953 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #121 in Republic of Ireland in 2016.

Zofia'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	#573	69	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	female	#603	65	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#608	62	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#438	97	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#318	148	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#298	156	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#288	171	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#237	212	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#240	209	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#235	221	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#236	209	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#246	204	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#304	154	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#350	137	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#292	168	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#322	146	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#346	126	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#445	95	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#578	62	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#890	33	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1589	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1312	17	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1722	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1870	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1805	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1697	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1450	12	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#354	4	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#281	5	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#298	5	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#432	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#251	7	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#358	4	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#327	5	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#451	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#180	11	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#430	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#419	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#351	4	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#314	12	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#331	11	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#376	9	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#254	16	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#194	22	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#260	17	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#241	20	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#252	18	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#218	24	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#239	23	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#346	13	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#464	7	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#372	12	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#354	13	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#492	7	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#396	11	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#401	11	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#581	5	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#394	11	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#542	6	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#576	5	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#620	4	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#641	4	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#691	4	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#660	4	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#638	4	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#498	4	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#479	4	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#438	5	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#461	4	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#386	6	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#379	6	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#386	6	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#608	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#372	10	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#555	6	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#284	15	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#299	14	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#197	23	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#232	21	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#147	37	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#189	27	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#121	50	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#146	40	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#130	46	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#134	46	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#151	38	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#170	34	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#149	41	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#150	41	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#206	27	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#286	16	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#394	9	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#351	9	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
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

Where Zofia is officially recorded

5 official registrars have recorded Zofia, between 1953 and 2025, in 40 of those 73 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Norway	1953–2025	33	#194 in 2021
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#235 in 2016
Republic of Ireland	2006–2025	20	#121 in 2016
Northern Ireland	2007–2022	13	#180 in 2011
Scotland	2024	1	#351 in 2024

Its high point came 13 years earlier in Northern Ireland (2011) than in Scotland (2024).

No registrar recorded it for 15 years after 1960; it appears again in 1976.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1953 and 2025, ranked in 40 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #121, first reached in 2016.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 221 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 15 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 71 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.

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Zohaan · #791, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Lana · #114, 43y
Noor · #131, 41y
Antoni · #103, 38y
Annabel · #100, 35y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Marina · #122, 73y
Gabriela · #119, 64y
Zainab · #125, 56y
Alvin · #126, 50y

Zofia was ranked #121 in Republic of Ireland · 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.

Alicja#121
Caitlin#121
Eimear#121
Lexi#121
Hollie#126
Cora#127
Doireann#128
Aimee#129

Zofia 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 Zofia without appearing here.

Zofia moved ahead of

Brittany
In 2005 they stood at #1589 and #1500 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #890 and #3548.
Dylan
In 1997 they stood at #2350 and #2350 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #1697 and #3848.
Lene
In 2000 they stood at #2746 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1870 and #3998.
Therese
In 2000 they stood at #2746 and #2416 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1870 and #3998.

Moved ahead of Zofia

Aurora
In 1991 they stood at #386 and #390 in Norway · Girls; by 1992 that had become #691 and #185.
Elsie
In 2011 they stood at #180 and #189 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #451 and #146.
Martina
In 2024 they stood at #372 and #412 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #608 and #325.
Louise
In 1975 they stood at #386 and #404 in Norway · Girls; by 1976 that had become #638 and #356.

Moved the opposite way to Zofia

Lene
Between 1953 and 2021 in Norway · Girls, Zofia went from #386 to #194 while Lene went from #308 to #482.
Turid
Between 1953 and 2021 in Norway · Girls, Zofia went from #386 to #194 while Turid went from #20 to #456.
Cathrine
Between 1957 and 2020 in Norway · Girls, Zofia went from #438 to #260 while Cathrine went from #337 to #478.
Kine
Between 1976 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Zofia went from #638 to #314 while Kine went from #72 to #407.

Moved the same way as Zofia

Vibeke
Between 1953 and 2008 in Norway · Girls, Zofia went from #386 to #581 and Vibeke from #124 to #458.
Wenche
Between 1953 and 2008 in Norway · Girls, Zofia went from #386 to #581 and Wenche from #10 to #621.
Vigdis
Between 1953 and 2006 in Norway · Girls, Zofia went from #386 to #542 and Vigdis from #33 to #583.
Gunn
Between 1953 and 2005 in Norway · Girls, Zofia went from #386 to #576 and Gunn from #21 to #546.

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 5 regions, from 1953 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #121 in Republic of Ireland in 2016. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Zofia

Zofia at a glance

What stands out in Zofia's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Zofia across 4 official records

Zofia by decade in Norway · Girls

Zofia appears in

Popularity data

Where Zofia is officially recorded

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1950s

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Zofia moved ahead of

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Zofia at a glance

What stands out in Zofia's record

Zofia across 4 official records

Zofia by decade in Norway · Girls

Zofia appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Zofia

Zofia and the names beside it

Zofia moved ahead of

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