Phoebe or Sofia

Sofia is the more popular girl name in Canada, #6 to #193 in 2024. Phoebe is the more popular girl name in England and Wales, #14 to #17 in 2025. Sofia is the more popular girl name in the USA, #10 to #183 in 2024. The two countries disagree on which is ahead.

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 Phoebe against Sofia, in that place's most recent complete year.PhoebeSofia#1#100#250#500Canada#193 → #6 ↑187England and Wales#14 → #17 ↓3USA#183 → #10 ↑173Alberta#170 → #22 ↑148British Columbia#225 → #21 ↑204Ontario#163 → #8 ↑155Quebec#301 → #9 ↑292
PlaceYear Phoebe Sofia Ahead
Canada2024#193#6Sofia
England and Wales2025#14#17Phoebe
USA2024#183#10Sofia
Alberta2024#170#22Sofia
British Columbia2024#225#21Sofia
Ontario2024#163#8Sofia
Quebec2024#301#9Sofia

Phoebe and Sofia in Canada, 2020–2024

Phoebe climbed from #291 in 2020 to #193 in 2024 in Canada. Sofia climbed from #13 in 2020 to #6 in 2024 in Canada.

Phoebe and Sofia ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#250#500#6 Sofia#193 Phoebe20202021202220232024

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Phoebe and Sofia in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Phoebe climbed from #25 in 2020 to #14 in 2025 in England and Wales. Sofia climbed from #23 in 2020 to #17 in 2025 in England and Wales. Phoebe passed Sofia in 2021. Sofia passed Phoebe in 2022. Phoebe passed Sofia in 2025.

Phoebe and Sofia ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#14 Phoebe#17 Sofia202020212022202320242025

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Phoebe and Sofia in the USA, 2020–2024

Phoebe climbed from #254 in 2020 to #183 in 2024 in the USA. Sofia climbed from #17 in 2020 to #10 in 2024 in the USA.

Phoebe and Sofia ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#250#500#10 Sofia#183 Phoebe20202021202220232024

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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.