Sol

#722 for girls in 2025, 389 births · #1,145 for boys in 2025, 184 births
Given to boys 66.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1913 · 218 births
Debut · boys
12 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
8,285
since 1880

Sol over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201907peak #256, 1913girlsat peakboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#722389#1,145184
2024#821336#1,135186
2023#891301#1,283150
2022#837335#1,168175
2021#1,051240#1,334139
2020#1,224187#1,84980
2019#1,508144#2,08169
2018#1,595134#1,68793
2017#1,902106#2,03269
2016#2,12991#2,25559
2015#2,15288#2,56548
2014#2,08193#2,51649
2013#2,18785#2,99837
2012#2,33680#3,23134
2011#2,41676#2,47850
2010#1,897106#2,46750
2009#2,67268#2,52850
2008#2,41979#3,28634
2007#2,19890#3,02538
2006#2,24885#3,78226
2005#2,58066#2,43347
2004#2,71160#3,01433
2003#2,67359#2,99332
2002#2,97649#3,18828
2001#2,66356#3,41025
2000#2,97447#4,06619
1999#3,80431#4,16217
1998#2,88945#3,59720
1997#3,89728#2,82327
1996#6,39214#4,87812
1995#4,21724#5,50110
1994#6,31914#2,55629
1993#3,87727#3,81916
1992#5,48417#3,60417
1991#7,43011#3,10520
1990#5,06018#4,16713
1989#5,83614#4,81110
1988#6,66611#4,45010
1987#5,92312#4,23910
1986#6,15611#3,65312
1985#5,34813#2,50420
1984#6,8109#2,36421
1983#6,21210#3,63011
1982#5,53412#2,83116
1981#5,88511#2,49619
1980#3,60922#2,28422
1979#3,90319#2,04825
1978#5,95810#2,79915
1977#4,42515#2,06323
1976#3,96316#2,05423
1975#3,63718#2,00123
1974#4,22714#2,35817
1973#3,34219#2,31117
1972#3,54317#1,72126
1971#3,26620#1,86223
1970#4,03814#1,74325
1969#4,41811#2,21715
1968#4,7799#1,83619
1967#3,65613#2,7609
1966#3,14816#2,13214
1965#3,05017#2,61710
1964#5,4747#1,90018
1963#3,63513#2,20014
1962#5,8606#2,67310
1961#4,5469#2,07016
1960#4,7738#1,97317
1959#3,61912#1,80620
1958#6,1035#2,37012
1957—#2,27413
1956—#2,09115
1955—#1,53825
1954—#1,70620
1953#5,6735#1,76519
1952—#1,70120
1951—#1,55323
1950—#1,43426
1949—#1,38028
1948—#1,65620
1947—#1,39428
1946—#1,23632
1945—#1,32725
1944—#1,43822
1943—#1,57720
1942—#1,46723
1941—#1,27627
1940—#1,31126
1939—#1,07036
1938—#97742
1937—#1,00040
1936—#92444
1935—#96943
1934—#91747
1933—#92646
1932—#78665
1931—#70274
1930—#62597
1929—#561111
1928—#508141
1927—#467168
1926—#467166
1925—#447181
1924—#435198
1923—#370259
1922—#396230
1921—#387245
1920—#380246
1919—#388228
1918—#313321
1917—#307298
1916—#335254
1915—#311272
1914—#278251
1913—#256218
1912—#271169
1911—#30078
1910—#28573
1909—#31553
1908—#34144
1907—#36637
1906—#41128
1905—#39329
1904—#40926
1903—#34032
1902—#33534
1901—#35327
1900—#42428
1899—#43818
1898—#50517
1897—#36726
1896—#38825
1895—#39024
1894—#39922
1893—#45916
1892—#42220
1891—#47614
1890—#51114
1889—#38821
1888—#52814
1887—#46114
1886—#49114
1885—#33226
1884—#41619
1883—#44816
1882—#39920
1881—#44215
1880—#52612
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 1907

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Sol
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 10 spots since 2024 (#1,135 → #1,145)
  • 704 spots since 2020 (#1,849 → #1,145)
  • 1,420 spots since 2015 (#2,565 → #1,145)
  • Biggest jump: 140 spots in 1889 (#528 → #388)
  • Biggest drop: 159 spots in 1886 (#332 → #491)
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
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s171#332 (1885)#443
1890s196#367 (1897)#436
1900s338#315 (1909)#369
1910s2,162#256 (1913)#304
1920s1,945#370 (1923)#442
1930s534#625 (1930)#890
1940s251#1,236 (1946)#1,406
1950s193#1,434 (1950)#1,824
1960s142#1,836 (1968)#2,238
1970s217#1,721 (1972)#2,096
1980s151#2,284 (1980)#3,326
1990s181#2,556 (1994)#3,821
2000s332#2,433 (2005)#3,173
2010s558#1,687 (2018)#2,431
2020s914#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.

Sol in 1907

boys
#366
37 births · 1 in 3,968 boys

Top boys' names in 1907

  1. #1John8,983
  2. #2William6,904
  3. #3James6,707
  4. #4George4,445
  5. #5Robert4,020
  6. #6Charles3,884
  7. #7Joseph3,844
  8. #8Frank2,943
  9. #9Edward2,576
  10. #10Henry2,203
  11. #366Sol37
More about 1907

boys

146,826 boys got a published name in 1907; 1 in 3,968 of them was named Sol, which outranked 76.4% of the 1,549 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sol
  1. #359Odell38
  2. #359Russel38
  3. #359Ulysses38
  4. #366Sol37
  5. #366Ellsworth37
  6. #366Elton37
  7. #366Garfield37
  8. #375Lorenzo36
  9. #375Milo36
  10. #375Morton36

Tied with 8 names at #366; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1906
Risers
  1. ↑ 518Leamon#1,253 → #735
  2. ↑ 518Price#1,253 → #735
  3. ↑ 495Quincy#1,111 → #616
  4. ↑ 477Irene#1,111 → #634
  5. ↑ 477Mitchel#1,111 → #634
Fallers
  1. ↓ 636Norval#709 → #1,345
  2. ↓ 593Harper#752 → #1,345
  3. ↓ 560Barton#640 → #1,200
  4. ↓ 547Hurley#798 → #1,345
  5. ↓ 547Lawton#798 → #1,345

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1907 →