Solon

Where Solon comes from

Solon hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 638 BC
    Solon born
    Athenian legislator
  2. 1854
    Solon Irving Bailey born
    American astronomer
  3. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #682 among boys — 8 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 1881
    Peak, #503
    12 babies named Solon — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1882
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #943.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Solon · Athenian legislator, 638 BC–558 BC
  • Solon Irving Bailey · American astronomer, 1854–1931
  • Solon Borland · American politician, 1808–1864
  • Solon Borglum · American artist, 1868–1922
  • Solon Bixler · American musician, born 1977

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.