Emma or Sophia

Emma is the more popular girl name in Canada, #3 to #5 in 2024. Sophia is the more popular girl name in England and Wales, #13 to #85 in 2025. Emma is the more popular girl name in the USA, #2 to #6 in 2024. The two countries disagree on which is ahead.

Emma on its own page Sophia on its own page

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 Emma against Sophia, in that place's most recent complete year.EmmaSophia#1#25#50#100Canada#3 → #5 ↓2England and Wales#85 → #13 ↑72USA#2 → #6 ↓4Alberta#5 → #4 ↑1British Columbia#5 → #7 ↓2Ontario#5 → #3 ↑2Quebec#1 → #36 ↓35
PlaceYear Emma Sophia Ahead
Canada2024#3#5Emma
England and Wales2025#85#13Sophia
USA2024#2#6Emma
Alberta2024#5#4Sophia
British Columbia2024#5#7Emma
Ontario2024#5#3Sophia
Quebec2024#1#36Emma

Emma and Sophia in Canada, 2020–2024

Emma slipped from #2 in 2020 to #3 in 2024 in Canada. Sophia stood at #5 in 2024, matching its 2020 rank in Canada.

Emma and Sophia ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#10#3 Emma#5 Sophia20202021202220232024

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Emma and Sophia in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Emma slipped from #60 in 2020 to #85 in 2025 in England and Wales. Sophia slipped from #10 in 2020 to #13 in 2025 in England and Wales.

Emma and Sophia ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#100#13 Sophia#85 Emma202020212022202320242025

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Emma and Sophia in the USA, 2020–2024

Emma held #2 every year from 2020 to 2024 in the USA. Sophia slipped from #5 in 2020 to #6 in 2024 in the USA.

Emma and Sophia ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#10#2 Emma#6 Sophia20202021202220232024

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Other comparisons

More head-to-heads with Emma
Abigail or EmmaAlice or EmmaAmelia or EmmaAria or EmmaAurora or EmmaAva or EmmaBeatrice or EmmaCamila or EmmaCharlie or EmmaCharlotte or EmmaChloe or EmmaClara or EmmaEleanor or EmmaEliana or EmmaElizabeth or EmmaElla or EmmaEllie or EmmaEmma or EvaEmma or EvelynEmma or FlorenceEmma or HannahEmma or HarperEmma or HazelEmma or IsabellaEmma or IslaEmma or JulietteEmma or LeaEmma or LeonieEmma or LilyEmma or LiviaEmma or LunaEmma or MayaEmma or MiaEmma or MilaEmma or NoraEmma or OliviaEmma or RehmatEmma or RomyEmma or RoseEmma or SofiaEmma or SophieEmma or VictoriaEmma or VioletEmma or Zoe
More head-to-heads with Sophia
Abigail or SophiaAlice or SophiaAmelia or SophiaAria or SophiaAurora or SophiaAva or SophiaCamila or SophiaCharlotte or SophiaChloe or SophiaClara or SophiaDaisy or SophiaEleanor or SophiaEliana or SophiaElizabeth or SophiaElla or SophiaEllie or SophiaElsie or SophiaEvelyn or SophiaFlorence or SophiaFreya or SophiaHannah or SophiaHarper or SophiaHazel or SophiaIsabella or SophiaIsla or SophiaIvy or SophiaLily or SophiaLuna or SophiaMabel or SophiaMatilda or SophiaMaya or SophiaMia or SophiaMila or SophiaNora or SophiaOlivia or SophiaPhoebe or SophiaPoppy or SophiaRehmat or SophiaSienna or SophiaSofia or SophiaSophia or SophieSophia or VioletSophia or Willow

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.