Sofiya

“Variant of Sophia — Wisdom” — Greek origin

Girl's name · #3165 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Sofiya reached its best rank, #2325, in 2024 and ranked #3165 in 2025. About 1,200 girls have carried it since 1994. Sofiya is a rare spelling of Sophia (#5) and Sofia (#9) — fewer than 1% of babies given the name are written this way.

Around the world: about 1 in 7,300 girls in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 8,100 girls in Belgium (2025) · about 1 in 12,000 girls in England & Wales (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 5 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Sofiyas

Sofiya Velikaya — Russian fencer
Sofiya Nalepinska-Boychuk — Ukrainian printmaker (1884-1937)
Sofiya Lyskun — Former Ukrainian, now Russian diver
Sofiya Qureshi — Indian Army officer and United Nations peacekeeper
Sofiya Kalistratova — Russian-Soviet political activist (1907-1989)

What Sofiyas become

Among 82 notable people named Sofiya:

Sports figures appear 1.96× more often than among typical names — e.g. Sofiya Velikaya, Russian fencer.

Similar names: Zofia · Halia · Sonny · Adaya · Harmonii · Vanya

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