Sophronia
Sophronia is a feminine given name. It is the feminine version of the Latin name Sophronius, which was ultimately derived from the Greek word sophron, meaning “self controlled.” The name was in regular use in the United States in the 19th century and the name remains in occasional use throughout the Anglosphere.
- Literature
- Late Greek
Meaning & Origin of Sophronia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sophronia is a feminine given name. It is the feminine version of the Latin name Sophronius, which was ultimately derived from the Greek word sophron, meaning “self controlled.” The name was in regular use in the United States in the 19th century and the name remains in occasional use throughout the Anglosphere.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Literature
- Late Greek
The Story of Sophronia
American parents first put Sophronia on the record books as a baby girl name in 1880, with 15 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1900, when 33 Sophronias were born — ranking #611 that year. Sophronia last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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About the name Sophronia
Sophronia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Sophronia's peak popularity came in 1900 when it ranked #611. Use the chart and map above to compare Sophronia's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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