Given name & surname

Sopha

Sopha is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Sopha isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1893. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Sopha through the years

Babies since 1880
10
0 boys · 10 girls
Most popular year
1893
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Sopha in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1893–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1917. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 402 as a first name in 2020; 443 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Similar names

If you love Sopha, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

 

Silla

“a well-behaved, chaste woman”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Oca

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Zepha

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Elpha

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Effa

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Lepha

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Siller

Siller is a surname.

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Hungarian

Olah

Olah is a surname from Hungarian. It is used in Romanian.

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Sopha’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Sopha

A sister for Sopha