Sophie
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, a less common spelling of Sofie.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Sophie (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Sophie has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2009. 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 | 45 |
| 1999 | 40 |
| 2000 | 44 |
| 2001 | 33 |
| 2002 | 37 |
| 2003 | 49 |
| 2004 | 48 |
| 2005 | 40 |
| 2006 | 31 |
| 2007 | 43 |
| 2008 | 44 |
| 2009 | 59 |
| 2010 | 47 |
| 2011 | 57 |
| 2012 | 58 |
| 2013 | 52 |
| 2014 | 55 |
| 2015 | 54 |
| 2016 | 44 |
| 2017 | 43 |
| 2018 | 35 |
| 2019 | 34 |
| 2020 | 37 |
| 2021 | 35 |
| 2022 | 24 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 2,416 |
| 2000 | 2,477 |
| 2001 | 2,538 |
| 2002 | 2,566 |
| 2003 | 2,641 |
| 2004 | 2,712 |
| 2005 | 2,777 |
| 2006 | 2,827 |
| 2007 | 2,886 |
| 2008 | 2,933 |
| 2009 | 3,018 |
| 2010 | 3,065 |
| 2011 | 3,124 |
| 2012 | 3,199 |
| 2013 | 3,269 |
| 2014 | 3,345 |
| 2015 | 3,405 |
| 2016 | 3,454 |
| 2017 | 3,523 |
| 2018 | 3,599 |
| 2019 | 3,642 |
| 2020 | 3,700 |
Sophie in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Sophie.Hi! My name is Sophie.
- Sophie bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Sophie lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Sophie har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Sophie has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Sophies mamma är lärare.Sophie's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Sophies mamma is Sophie's mum.
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Questions about Sophie
How do you pronounce Sophie in Swedish?
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What does the name Sophie mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, a less common spelling of Sofie.
How popular is Sophie in Sweden?
24 babies were named Sophie in 2022. In 2020, 3,700 people in Sweden had Sophie as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2009 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.