Sol
- #722 for girls in 2025, 389 births
- #1,145 for boys in 2025, 184 births
- Given to boys 66.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1913 · 218 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,285since 1880
Sol over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #722 | 389 | #1,145 | 184 |
| 2024 | #821 | 336 | #1,135 | 186 |
| 2023 | #891 | 301 | #1,283 | 150 |
| 2022 | #837 | 335 | #1,168 | 175 |
| 2021 | #1,051 | 240 | #1,334 | 139 |
| 2020 | #1,224 | 187 | #1,849 | 80 |
| 2019 | #1,508 | 144 | #2,081 | 69 |
| 2018 | #1,595 | 134 | #1,687 | 93 |
| 2017 | #1,902 | 106 | #2,032 | 69 |
| 2016 | #2,129 | 91 | #2,255 | 59 |
| 2015 | #2,152 | 88 | #2,565 | 48 |
| 2014 | #2,081 | 93 | #2,516 | 49 |
| 2013 | #2,187 | 85 | #2,998 | 37 |
| 2012 | #2,336 | 80 | #3,231 | 34 |
| 2011 | #2,416 | 76 | #2,478 | 50 |
| 2010 | #1,897 | 106 | #2,467 | 50 |
| 2009 | #2,672 | 68 | #2,528 | 50 |
| 2008 | #2,419 | 79 | #3,286 | 34 |
| 2007 | #2,198 | 90 | #3,025 | 38 |
| 2006 | #2,248 | 85 | #3,782 | 26 |
| 2005 | #2,580 | 66 | #2,433 | 47 |
| 2004 | #2,711 | 60 | #3,014 | 33 |
| 2003 | #2,673 | 59 | #2,993 | 32 |
| 2002 | #2,976 | 49 | #3,188 | 28 |
| 2001 | #2,663 | 56 | #3,410 | 25 |
| 2000 | #2,974 | 47 | #4,066 | 19 |
| 1999 | #3,804 | 31 | #4,162 | 17 |
| 1998 | #2,889 | 45 | #3,597 | 20 |
| 1997 | #3,897 | 28 | #2,823 | 27 |
| 1996 | #6,392 | 14 | #4,878 | 12 |
| 1995 | #4,217 | 24 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | #2,556 | 29 |
| 1993 | #3,877 | 27 | #3,819 | 16 |
| 1992 | #5,484 | 17 | #3,604 | 17 |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | #3,105 | 20 |
| 1990 | #5,060 | 18 | #4,167 | 13 |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | #3,653 | 12 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | #2,504 | 20 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | #2,364 | 21 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | #3,630 | 11 |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | #2,496 | 19 |
| 1980 | #3,609 | 22 | #2,284 | 22 |
| 1979 | #3,903 | 19 | #2,048 | 25 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | #2,799 | 15 |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 | #2,063 | 23 |
| 1976 | #3,963 | 16 | #2,054 | 23 |
| 1975 | #3,637 | 18 | #2,001 | 23 |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 | #2,358 | 17 |
| 1973 | #3,342 | 19 | #2,311 | 17 |
| 1972 | #3,543 | 17 | #1,721 | 26 |
| 1971 | #3,266 | 20 | #1,862 | 23 |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 | #1,743 | 25 |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 | #2,217 | 15 |
| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 | #1,836 | 19 |
| 1967 | #3,656 | 13 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #3,148 | 16 | #2,132 | 14 |
| 1965 | #3,050 | 17 | #2,617 | 10 |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | #1,900 | 18 |
| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 | #2,070 | 16 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 | #1,973 | 17 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 | #1,806 | 20 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #2,370 | 12 |
| 1957 | — | #2,274 | 13 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,091 | 15 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,538 | 25 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,706 | 20 | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #1,765 | 19 |
| 1952 | — | #1,701 | 20 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,553 | 23 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,434 | 26 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,380 | 28 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,656 | 20 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,394 | 28 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,236 | 32 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,327 | 25 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,438 | 22 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,577 | 20 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,467 | 23 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,276 | 27 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,311 | 26 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,070 | 36 | |
| 1938 | — | #977 | 42 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,000 | 40 | |
| 1936 | — | #924 | 44 | |
| 1935 | — | #969 | 43 | |
| 1934 | — | #917 | 47 | |
| 1933 | — | #926 | 46 | |
| 1932 | — | #786 | 65 | |
| 1931 | — | #702 | 74 | |
| 1930 | — | #625 | 97 | |
| 1929 | — | #561 | 111 | |
| 1928 | — | #508 | 141 | |
| 1927 | — | #467 | 168 | |
| 1926 | — | #467 | 166 | |
| 1925 | — | #447 | 181 | |
| 1924 | — | #435 | 198 | |
| 1923 | — | #370 | 259 | |
| 1922 | — | #396 | 230 | |
| 1921 | — | #387 | 245 | |
| 1920 | — | #380 | 246 | |
| 1919 | — | #388 | 228 | |
| 1918 | — | #313 | 321 | |
| 1917 | — | #307 | 298 | |
| 1916 | — | #335 | 254 | |
| 1915 | — | #311 | 272 | |
| 1914 | — | #278 | 251 | |
| 1913 | — | #256 | 218 | |
| 1912 | — | #271 | 169 | |
| 1911 | — | #300 | 78 | |
| 1910 | — | #285 | 73 | |
| 1909 | — | #315 | 53 | |
| 1908 | — | #341 | 44 | |
| 1907 | — | #366 | 37 | |
| 1906 | — | #411 | 28 | |
| 1905 | — | #393 | 29 | |
| 1904 | — | #409 | 26 | |
| 1903 | — | #340 | 32 | |
| 1902 | — | #335 | 34 | |
| 1901 | — | #353 | 27 | |
| 1900 | — | #424 | 28 | |
| 1899 | — | #438 | 18 | |
| 1898 | — | #505 | 17 | |
| 1897 | — | #367 | 26 | |
| 1896 | — | #388 | 25 | |
| 1895 | — | #390 | 24 | |
| 1894 | — | #399 | 22 | |
| 1893 | — | #459 | 16 | |
| 1892 | — | #422 | 20 | |
| 1891 | — | #476 | 14 | |
| 1890 | — | #511 | 14 | |
| 1889 | — | #388 | 21 | |
| 1888 | — | #528 | 14 | |
| 1887 | — | #461 | 14 | |
| 1886 | — | #491 | 14 | |
| 1885 | — | #332 | 26 | |
| 1884 | — | #416 | 19 | |
| 1883 | — | #448 | 16 | |
| 1882 | — | #399 | 20 | |
| 1881 | — | #442 | 15 | |
| 1880 | — | #526 | 12 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Sol was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1967, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.
Where Sol is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Utah#703 · 1 in 3,933
- California#708 · 1 in 4,618
- Colorado#756 · 1 in 4,475
- Minnesota#807 · 1 in 4,900
- New Jersey#829 · 1 in 5,681
Best ever in a state: #77 in New York, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #703 | 5 | 1 in 3,933 |
| California | #708 | 38 | 1 in 4,618 |
| Colorado | #756 | 6 | 1 in 4,475 |
| Minnesota | #807 | 5 | 1 in 4,900 |
| New Jersey | #829 | 7 | 1 in 5,681 |
| New York | #885 | 15 | 1 in 5,628 |
| Washington | #898 | 6 | 1 in 5,466 |
| Georgia | #919 | 9 | 1 in 5,580 |
| Arizona | #927 | 5 | 1 in 6,545 |
| Florida | #1,009 | 13 | 1 in 7,349 |
| Virginia | #1,089 | 5 | 1 in 7,451 |
| Ohio | #1,111 | 6 | 1 in 8,756 |
| Illinois | #1,133 | 6 | 1 in 8,259 |
| Texas | #1,483 | 12 | 1 in 14,588 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Sol
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 10 spots since 2024 (#1,135 → #1,145)
- 704 spots since 2020 (#1,849 → #1,145)
- Biggest jump: 140 spots in 1889
- Biggest drop: 159 spots in 1886
Rise & fade · boys
33 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1913 at #256 (218 births)
- Births halved by 1930, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 59 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 59 yrs · run 1880–1938
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,351
- Highest: 1 in 2,351 boys born in 1913 were named Sol (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,283 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
- 26.1% of all boys named Sol (2,162) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1995
- Mostly boys until 1994, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 171 | #332 (1885) | #443 |
| 1890s | 196 | #367 (1897) | #436 |
| 1900s | 338 | #315 (1909) | #369 |
| 1910s | 2,162 | #256 (1913) | #304 |
| 1920s | 1,945 | #370 (1923) | #442 |
| 1930s | 534 | #625 (1930) | #890 |
| 1940s | 251 | #1,236 (1946) | #1,406 |
| 1950s | 193 | #1,434 (1950) | #1,824 |
| 1960s | 142 | #1,836 (1968) | #2,238 |
| 1970s | 217 | #1,721 (1972) | #2,096 |
| 1980s | 151 | #2,284 (1980) | #3,326 |
| 1990s | 181 | #2,556 (1994) | #3,821 |
| 2000s | 332 | #2,433 (2005) | #3,173 |
| 2010s | 558 | #1,687 (2018) | #2,431 |
| 2020s | 914 | #1,135 (2024) | #1,319 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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