Sofia or Willow

Sofia is the more popular girl name in Canada, #6 to #67 in 2024. Sofia is the more popular girl name in England and Wales, #17 to #20 in 2025. Sofia is the more popular girl name in the USA, #10 to #41 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 Willow, in that place's most recent complete year.SofiaWillow#1#50#100#250Canada#6 → #67 ↓61England and Wales#17 → #20 ↓3USA#10 → #41 ↓31Alberta#22 → #45 ↓23British Columbia#21 → #43 ↓22Ontario#8 → #53 ↓45Quebec#9 → #237 ↓228
PlaceYear Sofia Willow Ahead
Canada2024#6#67Sofia
England and Wales2025#17#20Sofia
USA2024#10#41Sofia
Alberta2024#22#45Sofia
British Columbia2024#21#43Sofia
Ontario2024#8#53Sofia
Quebec2024#9#237Sofia

Sofia and Willow in Canada, 2020–2024

Sofia climbed from #13 in 2020 to #6 in 2024 in Canada. Willow slipped from #65 in 2020 to #67 in 2024 in Canada.

Sofia and Willow ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#100#6 Sofia#67 Willow20202021202220232024

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Sofia and Willow in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Sofia climbed from #23 in 2020 to #17 in 2025 in England and Wales. Willow slipped from #13 in 2020 to #20 in 2025 in England and Wales. Sofia passed Willow in 2024.

Sofia and Willow ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#17 Sofia#20 Willow202020212022202320242025

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Sofia and Willow in the USA, 2020–2024

Sofia climbed from #17 in 2020 to #10 in 2024 in the USA. Willow climbed from #48 in 2020 to #41 in 2024 in the USA.

Sofia and Willow ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#10 Sofia#41 Willow20202021202220232024

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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.