What are your predictions for this name? [name]Do[/name] you think she will stay at #1 a few more years? Is she even usable at this point? [name]Do[/name] you think she will become “dated”? I’ve always loved the name but my husband already vetoed it off our list as too popular. Would a baby born in 2013 be one of many [name]Sophia[/name]'s in her class?
Total guess obviously, but I can see [name]Sophia[/name] sticking around at the top of the charts longer than [name]Isabella[/name] for example. Yes, good shot she would know other Sophias (/[name]Sofia[/name]/[name]Sophie[/name]/Sofies) growing up. But I don’t think it will be as dated as some top names just because [name]Sophia[/name] has been well used for some time, I know 80 year old Sophias, 30 year old Sophias, and yes, 2 year old Sophias. There’s a reason it’s so popular, it’s a lovely name! Useable–in my opinion, definitely, but I feel the same way about names like [name]Emily[/name] and [name]Emma[/name]…theyve been at the top for awhile, but because they didnt come out of nowhere, theyre not going to feel as dated in my opinion as say, [name]Madison[/name].
Popular though [name]Sophia[/name] is, she’s gorgeous! [name]Just[/name] because a name is number one, I don’t think that means the name is automatically unusable. My name eventually went to number one–and there were very few times that I had troubles with it. And I certainly didn’t mind being [name]Ashley[/name] R. a few times in my life. The statistics since the 80s (and long before) have drastically changed–it averages out that there will be one [name]Sophia[/name] in each classroom, essentially, and that’s ignoring the secular private schools, the home schools, the charter schools, Catholic schools, the [name]Christian[/name]-but-not-Catholic schools, etc. Sure, it’s popular, but I wouldn’t worry. Popular names these days are much less popular than [name]Ashley[/name], [name]Jennifer[/name], [name]Jessica[/name], [name]Sarah[/name], and [name]Amanda[/name] were in the late 80s.
Besides, I think [name]Sophia[/name] has more classic/staying power. She was in the top 300 in 88, and she’s been rising since then, from what I remember. I can see [name]Sophia[/name] becoming more classic than dated when she goes down in popularity. I sort of can’t see [name]Sophia[/name] keeping the number one spot for 2013, but I could easily be wrong.
I think it will still remain quite popular. I mean when I graduated high school I had 1 [name]Sophie[/name], 1 [name]Sofia[/name] & 1 [name]Sophia[/name] in my class.
I don’t think she will stay at number one for two years in a row. That’s hard, and for a name to do that it must have huge appeal and can fit any range of girls and ethnicities. [name]Emily[/name], a name that reigned supreme for a decade, had much more appeal across more ethnicities [name]IMO[/name]. Plus, more spellings that aren’t so overboard are available for [name]Emily[/name]- like [name]Emilie[/name], [name]Emilee[/name] and [name]Emely[/name].
However, I doubt [name]Sophia[/name] will drop out of the top ten for the next few years, according to statistics. [name]Emily[/name]'s been out of the top spot for about five years and still is in the top 10. But, although [name]Sophia[/name] won’t be top dog, there will be plenty of girls still carrying the name. At number two, [name]Isabella[/name] was the name of almost 20,000 babies in 2011. So, [name]Sophia[/name] will most likely know a few classmates that share her name.
Like most names, [name]Sophia[/name] will become dated. But, like many names that were once popular, after a few generations they will rise again. However, I think it will age well. Unlike many popular names, it is on the right gender, isn’t made up and can work for an adult as well as a challenge. It is a legit name with a great meaning.
If you really like it, then use it. If it is too popular, what about the suggestions Nameberry offers, like [name]Susannah[/name] or [name]Seraphina[/name]?
[name]Sophia[/name] isn’t my style but I can definitely can see the appeal of it. I don’t know if it will still be at number 1, but it will definitely be in the top 10 awhile. It usually takes time to phase out a name.
Would your daughter know other [name]Sophia[/name]'s?? Pretty likely. The #1 most popular name in my birth year was [name]Jessica[/name] and I have to say that I knew many [name]Jessica[/name]'s growing up.
Unfortunately, she would be one of many. I think it will get dated which is a shame as she’s so beautiful 
Of course it’s usable. A lot of people out there don’t care about the popularity of a name, or believe popularity is a good thing (familiarity, etc). Plus, a name being #1 isn’t quite as numerically significant as it was in the past.
My name was very popular (not #1 though) in its day and it never bothered me. Plus there are probably more than one hundred spelling variations of it. My name is NEVER spelled correctly even though it is the traditional spelling! [name]Sophia[/name] is lucky in that it only really has [name]Sofia[/name] as a spelling variation. Most likely her name will be spelled right. With the new princess [name]Sofia[/name] movie I can definitely see it stick around as number one for at least another year. If I could, I would have no problem using [name]Sophia[/name]. It does not really feel so trendy to me like [name]Isabella[/name] or [name]Madison[/name] do.
I think that having a #1 name now is a lot different from having a #1 name 20 or 30 years ago (or more).
[name]Sophia[/name] is at the top of the charts. My daughter’s middle name is [name]Sofia[/name]. I’ve never actually met a little girl named [name]Sofia[/name]/[name]Sophia[/name] in real life. [name]Ever[/name].
My name is [name]Jennifer[/name] (I use [name]Jen[/name]). My name was the number one name for several years surrounding my birth. There was another [name]Jennifer[/name] on every team, every class, etc. throughout my life. Nowadays, there are so many “new” baby names every year that the most popular names don’t mean as much as it once did in my opinion.
It is definitely useable. I’m not even sure there would be multiple [name]Sophia[/name]'s in a class. I can understand not wanting a popular name, I grew up with one, I just think it’s not the same now.
I think there’s a reason [name]Sophia[/name] is as popular as it is-it’s a gorgeous name! I don’t think it will ever be dated like [name]Tiffany[/name] or [name]Britney[/name] because it’s been around forever and has a long history behind it. My grandmother is a [name]Sophia[/name] and my friend’s 5 year old sister is a [name]Sophia[/name]. Sure, at some point she might have to be [name]Sophia[/name] R. or [name]Sophia[/name] S. or whatever but I really don’t think that would be so bad. In my opinion, just because a name is uber-popular, that doesn’t make it unusable.
I think it still definitely will continue to be used. It has been around for quite a long time, and I can definitely see the appeal of it…it has that girly feel to it, it’s ‘princess-y’, professional sounding on an adult, not complicated, etc. I don’t see it becoming dated at all…i mean it’s not something like [name]Stacey[/name], [name]Melissa[/name], or [name]Ashely[/name] to where you can fairly easily tell when she was born (and likely be right).
As far as the popularity…i really dont’ know. I hear that this is extremely popular nowadays, but I have never met one and I only met one [name]Sophie[/name]. I guess it depends on where you’re at…but even there were a few of them in one class, this name seems loved enough to where i don’t it would stop parents from using it.
[name]Seraphina[/name] is my daughters middle name so I can’t re-use that one 
I totally would if I could though. And my name is [name]Jennifer[/name] too hence my aprrehension to use a #1 name. My husband is pretty set on [name]Arabella[/name] for this baby and I feel like that name will be bunched in with the [name]Isabella[/name]'s and she’ll wind up being [name]Bella[/name] S. so I guess I’d rather her be [name]Sophia[/name] S. than [name]Bella[/name] S. It’s going to be a hard sell though he’s pretty set on it and already calling her [name]Arabella[/name]. I was the one who initially wanted [name]Arabella[/name] but I just feel like there’s a [name]Bella[/name] everywhere I go, whether it be a kid, a dog, a wine, a restaraunt, a hair salon…whatever…everything has [name]Bella[/name] in it these days!!!We have 8 weeks until due date. [name]Sophia[/name] is the one name I have always liked. I would say I started liking [name]Ava[/name] 10 years or so ago and it’s the only other name that I’ve consistently liked for an extended period of time, but [name]Ava[/name] to me will not age as well as [name]Sophia[/name]/[name]Sofia[/name]. Since our last name starts with S, I can’t use [name]Sophia[/name] as a middle for [name]Arabella[/name] either.
I think popularity is all relative to your area! Check the popularity charts for your state, and maybe it’s even available for your city or a near by big city! And really, if you love it, my thought is who cares? I would rather use a name I really love, then a name I just like, because the one I just like is less popular.
Also, I babysit a little 6 year old, and in her kindergarten class there is only one [name]Ava[/name], one [name]Emma[/name], and one [name]Emily[/name], but there are Two Alices, and even a [name]Pilot[/name]. So really, even though names are at top of the list, there aren’t as many kids getting the names! And [name]Sophia[/name] is gorgeous, you can’t go wrong with it 
[name]Sophia[/name] is popular but it’s so gorgeous. It’s one of those names where beauty trumps popularity in my opinion.
I did look it up on SSA for [name]Florida[/name] and it has steady been at #2 for the past few years. Interesting though [name]Valentina[/name] has been skyrocketing. It was #39 in Fla for 2011! That was on my list also vetoed by my husband
I’m with the others who say that popularity isn’t what it used to be. I’d be more wary of names ending in -belle and -bella, if you’re worried about her being one of many, because all of the various spellings and misspellings seem to turn into [name]Bella[/name]. Would your husband go for [name]Araminta[/name]? She wouldn’t fall into the sea of Bellas that way.
I’d probably let [name]Sophia[/name] go due to her shared sounds with [name]Seraphina[/name], but that’s me 
I put [name]Sophia[/name] with names like [name]Emma[/name] and [name]Lily[/name] and [name]Charlotte[/name]. They might be common but they’re still utterly worthy names. Popular vs trendy, kwim?
Well you are very lucky to have that name 
It’s been my favorite name by far since I was 8 and had a greek babysitter named [name]Sophia[/name] 
but it’s not the popularity that bothers me…well it is a little bit, it’s a REALLY bad personal association I have with the name. Like not a dismissable one. I’m talking one of the worst people we know. I can get over it b/c I can give 2 hoots about her but my husband says he doesn’t want to hear her name everyday for the rest of his life.