Solon
#12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 12 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,351since 1880
Solon over time
Rank among boys' names. Solon has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #7,257 | 11 |
| 2023 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #8,215 | 9 |
| 2018 | #6,703 | 12 |
| 2017 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | #8,816 | 8 |
| 2015 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #5,659 | 15 |
| 2012 | #8,158 | 9 |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #6,436 | 13 |
| 2008 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #5,901 | 14 |
| 2006 | #5,781 | 14 |
| 2005 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #5,492 | 14 |
| 2003 | #5,877 | 12 |
| 2002 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #5,588 | 12 |
| 1999 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | #4,668 | 13 |
| 1996 | #5,535 | 10 |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #3,071 | 10 |
| 1969 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | #2,030 | 16 |
| 1967 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #2,327 | 12 |
| 1965 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | #3,037 | 8 |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,798 | 9 |
| 1955 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 10 |
| 1953 | #2,531 | 10 |
| 1952 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1951 | #1,972 | 15 |
| 1950 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | #2,218 | 12 |
| 1947 | #2,356 | 11 |
| 1946 | #2,271 | 11 |
| 1945 | #1,926 | 13 |
| 1944 | #2,309 | 10 |
| 1943 | #2,182 | 12 |
| 1942 | #2,268 | 11 |
| 1941 | #2,207 | 11 |
| 1940 | #2,179 | 11 |
| 1939 | #1,795 | 15 |
| 1938 | #1,689 | 17 |
| 1937 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #1,723 | 16 |
| 1935 | #2,029 | 13 |
| 1934 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1933 | #2,542 | 9 |
| 1932 | #1,777 | 17 |
| 1931 | #1,589 | 20 |
| 1930 | #1,533 | 23 |
| 1929 | #1,793 | 18 |
| 1928 | #1,960 | 16 |
| 1927 | #1,796 | 19 |
| 1926 | #1,605 | 22 |
| 1925 | #1,360 | 29 |
| 1924 | #1,628 | 23 |
| 1923 | #2,123 | 15 |
| 1922 | #1,308 | 31 |
| 1921 | #1,360 | 30 |
| 1920 | #1,543 | 24 |
| 1919 | #1,531 | 23 |
| 1918 | #1,446 | 25 |
| 1917 | #1,755 | 18 |
| 1916 | #1,138 | 33 |
| 1915 | #1,306 | 26 |
| 1914 | #1,868 | 12 |
| 1913 | #1,676 | 11 |
| 1912 | #1,268 | 14 |
| 1911 | #1,190 | 9 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,020 | 9 |
| 1908 | #877 | 10 |
| 1907 | #1,200 | 6 |
| 1906 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,013 | 6 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #968 | 8 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | #900 | 7 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #954 | 6 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #917 | 6 |
| 1887 | #921 | 5 |
| 1886 | #758 | 7 |
| 1885 | #936 | 5 |
| 1884 | #613 | 10 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | #503 | 12 |
| 1880 | #682 | 8 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Solon was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Solon is popular in 1916
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#346 · 1 in 3,116
Best ever in a state: #346 in Tennessee, 1916.
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| Tennessee | #346 | 6 | 1 in 3,116 |
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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 Solon
- 4,751 spots since 2024 (#7,257 → #12,008)
- 1,403 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #12,008)
- 3,264 spots since 2015 (#8,744 → #12,008)
- Biggest jump: 323 spots in 1908 (#1,200 → #877)
- Biggest drop: 440 spots in 1882 (#503 → #943)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #503 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1884–1888
- Highest: 1 in 8,395 boys born in 1881 were named Solon (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 16.8% of all boys named Solon (227) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 58 | #503 (1881) | #784 |
| 1890s | 18 | #900 (1896) | #970 |
| 1900s | 51 | #877 (1908) | #1,040 |
| 1910s | 171 | #1,138 (1916) | #1,464 |
| 1920s | 227 | #1,308 (1922) | #1,648 |
| 1930s | 148 | #1,533 (1930) | #1,972 |
| 1940s | 110 | #1,926 (1945) | #2,272 |
| 1950s | 80 | #1,972 (1951) | #2,614 |
| 1960s | 78 | #2,030 (1968) | #3,118 |
| 1970s | 61 | #3,071 (1970) | #4,069 |
| 1980s | 42 | #4,495 (1980) | #5,985 |
| 1990s | 64 | #4,668 (1997) | #6,845 |
| 2000s | 112 | #5,492 (2004) | #6,764 |
| 2010s | 92 | #5,659 (2013) | #8,351 |
| 2020s | 39 | #7,257 (2024) | #10,685 |
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.
Solon in 1916
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 26,972 of them was named Solon, which outranked 74.9% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,120Orvel34
- #1,120Orvin34
- #1,120Spurgeon34
- #1,138Solon33
- #1,138Author33
- #1,138Ballard33
- #1,138Bethel33
- #1,157Arlington32
- #1,157Authur32
- #1,157Barnett32
Tied with 18 names at #1,138; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.