Is Sophia too popular?

[wineandcake]

I'm having such a hard time with girl names. I love Sophia but avoided it because I know its a top 5 name. Is it really too popular to use though?

Full name would be Sophia Kristen.

[Bubbles]

Yes, Sophia is very popular but it's a lovely name. Whether or not to use it, only you can decide. If I love a name, popularity wouldn't matter to me.

[Stormtroopooper]

It's super popular, but I still think it's a beautiful name. I personally wouldn't use a top ten name unless I had been in love with it for ages. If that's the case, go for it.

[dreadpiratebuttercup]

I love it, and would use it despite its popularity. As @daisyblinks said, though, it's going to be a different answer for every person.

[honeylemon]

SOOO popular. It's pretty, but not pretty enough (IMO) to use regardless of popularity.

[momof5]

It is popular. It was on the short list for my daughter, but we went with Liliana instead.

[lalamomma]

I've loved it for years but it is so popular I would only consider it for a MN. If you love it go for it, at least you know people will recognize Sophia

[zebrapanther1311]

Yes. I know SO many children named Sophia

[chapter79]

Popular in other areas, not so much in mine.. I don't know a single one, my daughter has never had any in her classes, etc. But I think it's gorgeous and I would use it despite what # it is on the list. I don't care about popularity, though (my DD is Alexis). If popularity bothers you, I'd probably avoid it.

[mags]

I think it depends on where you live. I live in the NJ/NY area and there are so many of them. However, I think it is such a beautiful name and imo you give a child a name you love a lot not based on how many other people have the name.

[wineandcake]

We live in a small town and there aren't any little Sophia's here, but I know there is a world outside of our small remote rural community. I think we're going to short list it. We're team green so we may not even need a girl name in the end.

Thanks!

[bromios]

It's popular, but it's also gorgeous, classic, timeless, and has a wonderful meaning. I say go for it.

[bcandlm]

Not for me! It was a top contender if we had a girl (but we had a boy.) Popularity doesn't bother me if I love a name, and Sophia is beautiful and classic. Even if it is popular, I don't consider it "trendy."

[ashiscute]

I don't think a name can be too popular if it's a great name and you love it. The only reason I'd hesitate is if I knew a bunch personally and that's more of a confusion thing.

[daystardreams]

Sophia is so popular but it is lovely.

[housecarder]

I didn't want a super popular name for my daughter and picked Jocelyn. I knew no Jocelyn's and loved the name, it wasn't super popular when I was pregnant, but it blew up right after her birth and the day care I worked for had 4 baby Jocelyn's enroll. So when I wanted to give my son the name Liam I did despite the popularity. It was a name that meant a lot to me and it doesn't bother me that he's not the only Liam in his Sunday school class. If you love Sophia then go for it.

[midnightsun]

I like the name, but for me personally it would be to popular for me to use.

[billyhorrible]

It's really popular, but for a classic like Sophia that would be an issue for me if I loved it. (Personally I don't love it, but that's me. I wouldn't side-eye anyone using it.)

[ugotstarbucked]

I love it, but for me it is too popular. I don't like the idea of my kid being one of 4 in her class.

[estrellas]

Sophia was a contender for us, but instead we went with a Hindi name that we really liked. We knew we'd be going with one of two really popular names: her name is "everyone-knows-a" here in India, but will be virtually unknown outside the country. If we went with Sophia, it would have been "unknown" here, but "everyone-knows-a" in the US/Canada.

[Widget123]

As much as I love Sophia I wouldn't be able to get past its popularity.