Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Sophie in π?

Yes, Sophie is in there, starting at decimal place 170,056.

Spelling Sophie on a phone

  1. S7
  2. O6
  3. P7
  4. H4
  5. I4
  6. E3

Letter by letter, Sophie becomes 767443 (6 digits).

The spot

Decimal place 170,056. You'd read about 170,056 digits of π before you reached it.

Famous neighbours

  • 837 digits back to mimicry
  • 1,247 digits back to vaulted
  • tillers, 13 digits on
  • rambled, 1,590 digits on

Nearest of all: tillers, just 13 digits to the right.

From the teacher's notes

π wrote 170,056 digits before it got round to you. Worth the wait!

Run the length of 16.2 football pitches and you'd reach your name (one digit per cm).

How early is Sophie?

Sophie turns up earlier than 55% of the 2,007 popular names here: number 891 of the 2,007 we found.

Sophie's neighbours on this list

Sophie made our list from the US baby-name charts.

See every name

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Your number is in π.*

We looked. All 100 billion digits. Twice, for luck.

A phone number, a birthday like 14/03/1999, a word, or up to four words like i love you. We won't tell anyone what you type. * Probably. 99.995% of ten-digit numbers. The other 0.005% are being difficult.

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