Sofi
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, short for Sofia or Sofie; also popular in the conjoined name Ann-Sofi or Ann-Sofie.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Sofi (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Sofi has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1999. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 13 |
| 1999 | 19 |
| 2000 | 14 |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 15 |
| 2005 | 4 |
| 2006 | 7 |
| 2007 | 8 |
| 2008 | 11 |
| 2009 | 10 |
| 2010 | 8 |
| 2011 | 9 |
| 2012 | 5 |
| 2013 | 8 |
| 2014 | 8 |
| 2015 | 5 |
| 2016 | 6 |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2019 | 5 |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,251 |
| 2000 | 1,268 |
| 2001 | 1,276 |
| 2002 | 1,280 |
| 2003 | 1,287 |
| 2004 | 1,303 |
| 2005 | 1,304 |
| 2006 | 1,311 |
| 2007 | 1,311 |
| 2008 | 1,331 |
| 2009 | 1,337 |
| 2010 | 1,342 |
| 2011 | 1,355 |
| 2012 | 1,355 |
| 2013 | 1,360 |
| 2014 | 1,363 |
| 2015 | 1,371 |
| 2016 | 1,377 |
| 2017 | 1,378 |
| 2018 | 1,379 |
| 2019 | 1,390 |
| 2020 | 1,394 |
Sofi in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Sofi.Hi! My name is Sofi.
- Sofi har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Sofi has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Sofis mamma är lärare.Sofi's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Sofis mamma is Sofi's mum.
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Questions about Sofi
How do you pronounce Sofi in Swedish?
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What does the name Sofi mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, short for Sofia or Sofie; also popular in the conjoined name Ann-Sofi or Ann-Sofie.
How popular is Sofi in Sweden?
2 babies were named Sofi in 2022. In 2020, 1,394 people in Sweden had Sofi as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 1999 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.