Sofia or Violet

Sofia is the more popular girl name in Canada, #6 to #17 in 2024. Sofia is the more popular girl name in England and Wales, #17 to #37 in 2025. Sofia is the more popular girl name in the USA, #10 to #15 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 Sofia against Violet, in that place's most recent complete year.SofiaViolet#1#100#250#500Canada#6 → #17 ↓11England and Wales#17 → #37 ↓20USA#10 → #15 ↓5Alberta#22 → #19 ↑3British Columbia#21 → #15 ↑6Ontario#8 → #11 ↓3Quebec#9 → #304 ↓295
PlaceYear Sofia Violet Ahead
Canada2024#6#17Sofia
England and Wales2025#17#37Sofia
USA2024#10#15Sofia
Alberta2024#22#19Violet
British Columbia2024#21#15Violet
Ontario2024#8#11Sofia
Quebec2024#9#304Sofia

Sofia and Violet in Canada, 2020–2024

Sofia climbed from #13 in 2020 to #6 in 2024 in Canada. Violet climbed from #34 in 2020 to #17 in 2024 in Canada.

Sofia and Violet ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#6 Sofia#17 Violet20202021202220232024

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Sofia and Violet in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Sofia climbed from #23 in 2020 to #17 in 2025 in England and Wales. Violet climbed from #48 in 2020 to #37 in 2025 in England and Wales.

Sofia and Violet ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#17 Sofia#37 Violet202020212022202320242025

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Sofia and Violet in the USA, 2020–2024

Sofia climbed from #17 in 2020 to #10 in 2024 in the USA. Violet climbed from #37 in 2020 to #15 in 2024 in the USA.

Sofia and Violet ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#10 Sofia#15 Violet20202021202220232024

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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.