Elizabeth or Sofia

Sofia is the more popular girl name in Canada, #6 to #23 in 2024. Sofia is the more popular girl name in England and Wales, #17 to #74 in 2025. Sofia is the more popular girl name in the USA, #10 to #17 in 2024.

Place by place

Each place ranks its own registered births, so the two names are compared inside one list at a time, in that place's most recent complete year.

Where each place ranks Elizabeth against Sofia, in that place's most recent complete year.ElizabethSofia#1#25#50#100Canada#23 → #6 ↑17England and Wales#74 → #17 ↑57USA#17 → #10 ↑7Alberta#21 → #22 ↓1British Columbia#42 → #21 ↑21Ontario#37 → #8 ↑29Quebec#29 → #9 ↑20
PlaceYear Elizabeth Sofia Ahead
Canada2024#23#6Sofia
England and Wales2025#74#17Sofia
USA2024#17#10Sofia
Alberta2024#21#22Elizabeth
British Columbia2024#42#21Sofia
Ontario2024#37#8Sofia
Quebec2024#29#9Sofia

Elizabeth and Sofia in Canada, 2020–2024

Elizabeth stood at #23 in 2024, matching its 2020 rank in Canada. Sofia climbed from #13 in 2020 to #6 in 2024 in Canada.

Elizabeth and Sofia ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#6 Sofia#23 Elizabeth20202021202220232024

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Elizabeth and Sofia in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Elizabeth slipped from #56 in 2020 to #74 in 2025 in England and Wales. Sofia climbed from #23 in 2020 to #17 in 2025 in England and Wales.

Elizabeth and Sofia ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#100#17 Sofia#74 Elizabeth202020212022202320242025

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Elizabeth and Sofia in the USA, 2020–2024

Elizabeth slipped from #16 in 2020 to #17 in 2024 in the USA. Sofia climbed from #17 in 2020 to #10 in 2024 in the USA. Sofia passed Elizabeth in 2022.

Elizabeth and Sofia ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#20#10 Sofia#17 Elizabeth20202021202220232024

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Other comparisons

How this comparison is built

Both names are ranked by how many babies were registered with that exact spelling, so every position here counts real births rather than votes or searches. Rank is the only measure every source publishes, so it is what the charts plot; birth counts are not released for every place.

A place appears only in the years it published a complete list, which is why a name can be missing from a year it was almost certainly given to some babies. See every head-to-head on the site, or the ranked lists these names come from.