Sophronia

#14,707 in 2025Girls' name

Feminine form of Sophronius

Sophronia has been given to 1,530 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #14,707 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1900, with 33 recorded.

Babies named Sophronia, 2025

1 in 553,000

Sophronia over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Sophronia: meaning, origin, and history

Feminine form of Sophronius

Ancient Greek

What Sophronia means

Sophronia is a feminine form of Sophronius.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Sophronia is used in Literature and Late Greek.

Origin, language, and formation

Sophronia is used in English. Its origins include Ancient Greek.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Sophronius.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Sophronia is pronounced /səˈfɹoʊ.ni.ə/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,530 girls were recorded with the name Sophronia between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 33 in 1900; its best national rank was #432 in 1881.

Over 10 years its rank rose, from #16,181 in 2015 to #14,707 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Sophronia?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 553,000; 6 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 268,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #14,707; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 382,984 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Sophronia sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sophronia. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sophronias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sophronia was born before 1921 — so the typical Sophronia is around 104 today.

Median birth year: 1921; About 104 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 13.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 6.3%; Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950: 342; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 13.1% of all recorded uses (201).

Is Sophronia rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: +1,474; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.00×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 18.2%; Peak was 1900 (33)
Years since peak: 125; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 21.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #432; 1881

Where Sophronia is used

Across 1910–2025, Sophronia was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,088,284 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Georgia1 in —
2Mississippi1 in —
3North Carolina1 in —
4Texas1 in —
5Virginia1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Sophronia has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Sophronia by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #14,707
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #432; 1881
Peak year: 1900; 33 that year
First recorded: 1880
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 1,530
Count in 2025: 6

Names similar to Sophronia

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Sophronia

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Bess Leone Alpha Johnie Mozelle Maurine Albina Vina

For a brother

Waldo Granville Garfield Winfield Lyman Regis Gustave Alva

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