2011 and held that position through 2013, according to Social Security Administration data compiled by MomLovesBest. Even as naming culture has fragmented considerably – with today’s top names accounting for a far smaller share of total births than the dominant names of mid-century – Sophia has held the top five.
A name that peaked in 2011–2013 and remains inside the top five is settling into the same permanent tier that Elizabeth and Katherine occupy. Sophia has been given to
newborn girls every year across nearly 150 years of American naming history, through
