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Zofia

Feminine · “wisdom”

1912high 2011
#2153 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare86 girls in 2025

Zofia is the Polish of Sophia — wisdom, in Greek — and the Hagia Sophia is named for the idea, not for a saint.

How old is the name Zofia?

Zofia first appears in US birth records in 1912 — 113 years ago. The typical Zofia is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,900 people named Zofia are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Zofia most popular?

Zofia peaked in 2011, reaching #1943 nationally. Today it ranks #2153, 210 places below that high. See the whole 2011 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Zofia

Justinian's great church in Constantinople is dedicated to Holy Wisdom, not to any Saint Sophia, and the personification came later. Poland made Zofia, which has been among its most-used girls' names for centuries. It appears in American records in current use.

Meaning

wisdom

From the Greek sophia, 'wisdom', an ordinary abstract noun. Hagia Sophia means 'holy wisdom' and names an attribute of God rather than a person. Philosophy is 'love of wisdom' from the same root. Zofia is the standard Polish spelling. The Greek is undisputed.

How the name formed

  1. sophia
  2. Sophia
  3. Zofia

Related forms: Zofia · Sophia · Žofie

Pronouncing Zofia

ZOF-yah

Two syllables, stress on the first. Polish says ZOF-ya with the i as a glide.

Nicknames for Zofia

Moderate

ZosiaThe standard Polish affectionate form, warm and widely used
ZofiA shorter form, used inside families rather than generally
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1912–20251025101028619122025

US babies named Zofia per year from 1912 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#19431910s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1912
Most girls named
2011102 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1943reached in 2011
Change vs 2024
+32.3%86 in 2025, from 65
Zofia sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2011, with 102 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Zofia in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Zofia in Polish — same name
  • Sophia in English — related form
  • Žofie in Czech — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: Illinois, California, New York.

Zofias among us

1,900

people named Zofia are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 18,689 born in 2025 was named Zofia

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Zofia

#2153
Zofia on the 2025 chart
#856
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Zofia went to 86 girls in 2025, but Zophia is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 104, which makes it the 856th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,297 places above the chart.

About 1 girl in 15,454 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 18,689 for Zofia itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Jessyca test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Zofia's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jessyca climbed just as high around 1989, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jessyca's path sketches the road Zofia is walking now.

40%chance Zofia will feel “very 2010s” by 2040
Zofia, aligned on its peakJessyca· peak 1989not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+30 yrsJessyca · #11873Zofia today
Zofia today is about where Jessyca stood in 2003 — 14 years past a #1943-sized peak. By 2018, Jessyca had settled around #11873.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Zofia sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Zofia is headed

19122030

US babies named Zofia per year, 1912 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Zofia should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady-8% by 2030projected around #2,418 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Zofia beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Zofia in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Zofiathis name86#2153Mayra86#2153Keaton86#2153Harlynn86#2153Ahana86#2153

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • The wisdom meaning is transparent and about as good as meanings get.
  • Zosia is a warm and very widely used Polish short form.
  • That the Hagia Sophia names an idea rather than a person is a first-rate fact.
What to consider
  • Sophia is what English speakers will assume.
  • English speakers add a syllable, saying zo-FEE-uh.
  • It reads as specifically Polish.

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Frequently asked

How many Zofias are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,900 people named Zofia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Zofia?
Zofia is the most-used spelling in US records — 86 of the 104 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Zophia.
How popular is the name Zofia in 2025?
Zofia ranks #2153 among US girl names in 2025, with 86 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Zofia?
About 1 in every 18,689 US girls born in 2025 was named Zofia — 86 in all.
Will my child share the name Zofia with classmates?
Zofia will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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