UK girl's name
Sophie-Louise
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Sophie-Louise is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Sophie-Louise popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #5891, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 1997, with 27 births.
This profile covers 237 England and Wales registrations across 26 recorded years from 1996 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales, NRS Scotland and NISRA Northern Ireland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 11% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 257 living people in the UK are called Sophie-Louise. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Sophie-Louise ranked #5891 for girls in England and Wales in 2024, with 3 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 1997, when 27 girls were registered as Sophie-Louise.
- • Sophie-Louise ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #351 in 1998.
- • About 257 living people in the UK are estimated to have Sophie-Louise as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#5891
2024
Births in 2024
3
Latest year
Peak year
1997
27 births
Estimated living
257
2026
Popularity
Sophie-Louise over time
The chart below shows babies named Sophie-Louise registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2024. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Sophie-Louise, the clearest high point is 1997. The latest England and Wales figure is 3 births in 2024, compared with 27 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Sophie-Louise by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Sophie-Louise was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #5692 | 6 | 2 |
| 2010s | #4019 | 57 | 10 |
| 2000s | #1972 | 112 | 10 |
| 1990s | #1350 | 62 | 4 |
Geography
Where Sophie-Louise is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Sophie-Louise. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Sophie-Louise ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #351 in 1998.
Across the UK
Sophie-Louise in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#802 in 2014
5 years of NRS records, 16 total registered
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#351 in 1998
2 years of NISRA records, 6 total registered
Related
Names similar to Sophie-Louise
- Sophie 103,803
- Sophia 46,936
- Scarlett 34,261
- Sienna 32,418
- Sofia 29,136
- Sarah 27,961
- Shannon 25,510
- Summer 24,167
- Sara 14,205
- Skye 13,654
- Samantha 12,697
- Stephanie 9,309
FAQ
Sophie-Louise: questions and answers
How popular is the name Sophie-Louise in the UK right now?
In 2024, Sophie-Louise was ranked #5891 for girls in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.
When was Sophie-Louise most popular?
The peak year on record was 1997, with 27 babies registered as Sophie-Louise in England and Wales.
How many people are called Sophie-Louise in the UK?
A total of 237 babies have been registered as Sophie-Louise across the 26 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 16 more in Scotland and 6 in Northern Ireland.
Where is Sophie-Louise most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Sophie-Louise ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #351 in 1998. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.