Sophie is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning “wisdom.” In 2024 it was given to 3,574 girls in the United States.
Sophie at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Greek · English & American
Meaning
“wisdom”
Pronunciation
/ˈsəʊfi/
About the name Sophie
Sophie belongs to the Greek and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “wisdom” — is the sense carried by its Greek roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Sophie first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #51 in 2011, and in 2024 3,574 babies received the name — 134,574 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.