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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: steady

SofiaIn Hebrew: סופיה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: סוֹפִיָהRomanization: sófiya

Sofia (Hebrew: סופיה) is a girl's name of international origin. 7,917 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 91 girls and ranked #190. Its peak year was 1949, with 288 babies.

People in Israel
7,917
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
91
rank #190
Peak year
1949
288 babies
USA, 2025
8,252
rank #9

Writing and saying Sofia

In Hebrew letters the name is סופיה, read right to left. Sofia is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "sófiya" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).

Meaning and origin

  • Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)
  • a female given name from Ancient Greek

Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.

Sofia by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Sofia: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Sofia in English-speaking countries

Sofia in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20258,252#92015 (9,702)
United Kingdom20251,681#132018 (1,901)
England and Wales20251,490#172018 (1,728)
Scotland2025142#172022 (149)
Northern Ireland202549#322014 (64)
Ireland2025152#232021 (171)
British Columbia202375#202016 (94)
Alberta202580#282013 (102)
Quebec2025367#62014 (381)
New South Wales2025245#132025 (245)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Sofia has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Sofia

How do you write Sofia in Hebrew?

Sofia is written סופיה in Hebrew (with vowel points: סוֹפִיָה). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "sófiya".

How many people in Israel are named Sofia?

7,917 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name סופיה: 7,917 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Sofia a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named סופיה are women.

What does the name Sofia mean?

English Wiktionary describes it as: "Sofia (the capital city of Bulgaria)"

Is Sofia used outside Israel?

The name Sofia appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 8,252 girls were given it in 2025 (#9), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 1,681 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.