Sol
Sol is given to both girls and boys: 389 girls and 184 boys were given it in 2025 (#722 among girls’ names and #1,151 among boys’, #1,056 among all names counting both); 12,382 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026). Girls have outnumbered boys among babies named Sol every year since 2005.
An estimated 6,750 Americans named Sol and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (55% of everyone recorded); the median is 10 years old and half are between 4 and 24.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Sol by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Sol mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Sol is “a male given name”
Also “a diminutive of the male given name Solomon.”
Borrowed from Latin Sōl.
/soʊl/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Sol?
#1,151 among boys’ names, 2025
Sol rose from #2,596 in 2015 to #1,151 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.03 to 0.11 per 1,000.
573 babies in 2025, the peak
Sol peaked in 2025, when 573 babies were given it (184 boys, #1,151 among boys’ names). In 2024 it went to 186 boys.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 389 | #722 | 184 | #1,151 |
| 2024 | 336 | #821 | 186 | #1,138 |
| 2023 | 301 | #892 | 150 | #1,286 |
| 2022 | 335 | #838 | 175 | #1,170 |
| 2021 | 240 | #1,053 | 139 | #1,337 |
| 2020 | 187 | #1,226 | 80 | #1,869 |
| 2019 | 144 | #1,515 | 69 | #2,106 |
| 2018 | 134 | #1,607 | 93 | #1,703 |
| 2017 | 106 | #1,915 | 69 | #2,048 |
| 2016 | 91 | #2,146 | 59 | #2,274 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 88 | #2,166 | 48 | #2,596 |
| 2014 | 93 | #2,091 | 49 | #2,535 |
| 2013 | 85 | #2,208 | 37 | #3,048 |
| 2012 | 80 | #2,355 | 34 | #3,286 |
| 2011 | 76 | #2,431 | 50 | #2,500 |
| 2010 | 106 | #1,909 | 50 | #2,505 |
| 2009 | 68 | #2,702 | 50 | #2,551 |
| 2008 | 79 | #2,439 | 34 | #3,334 |
| 2007 | 90 | #2,210 | 38 | #3,074 |
| 2006 | 85 | #2,265 | 26 | #3,868 |
| 2005 | 66 | #2,601 | 47 | #2,457 |
| 2004 | 60 | #2,732 | 33 | #3,061 |
| 2003 | 59 | #2,700 | 32 | #3,032 |
| 2002 | 49 | #3,002 | 28 | #3,245 |
| 2001 | 56 | #2,688 | 25 | #3,492 |
| 2000 | 47 | #3,011 | 19 | #4,178 |
| 1999 | 31 | #3,882 | 17 | #4,308 |
| 1998 | 45 | #2,920 | 20 | #3,682 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,990 | 27 | #2,888 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,687 | 12 | #5,134 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,327 | 10 | #5,851 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,611 | 29 | #2,600 |
| 1993 | 27 | #3,972 | 16 | #3,984 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,683 | 17 | #3,723 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,908 | 20 | #3,203 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,246 | 13 | #4,364 |
| 1989 | 14 | #6,111 | 10 | #5,111 |
| 1988 | 11 | #7,049 | 10 | #4,730 |
| 1987 | 12 | #6,285 | 10 | #4,525 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,527 | 12 | #3,846 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,620 | 20 | #2,586 |
| 1984 | 9 | #7,334 | 21 | #2,427 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,643 | 11 | #3,839 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,859 | 16 | #2,958 |
| 1981 | 11 | #6,259 | 19 | #2,560 |
| 1980 | 22 | #3,708 | 22 | #2,357 |
| 1979 | 19 | #4,024 | 25 | #2,095 |
| 1978 | 10 | #6,325 | 15 | #2,908 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,619 | 23 | #2,122 |
| 1976 | 16 | #4,127 | 23 | #2,108 |
| 1975 | 18 | #3,746 | 23 | #2,055 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,420 | 17 | #2,441 |
| 1973 | 19 | #3,455 | 17 | #2,387 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,693 | 26 | #1,762 |
| 1971 | 20 | #3,353 | 23 | #1,906 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,225 | 25 | #1,787 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,689 | 15 | #2,294 |
| 1968 | 9 | #5,088 | 19 | #1,889 |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,817 | 9 | #2,961 |
| 1966 | 16 | #3,249 | 14 | #2,205 |
| 1965 | 17 | #3,135 | 10 | #2,757 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,927 | 18 | #1,962 |
| 1963 | 13 | #3,772 | 14 | #2,286 |
| 1962 | 6 | #6,469 | 10 | #2,825 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,842 | 16 | #2,137 |
| 1960 | 8 | #5,118 | 17 | #2,028 |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,796 | 20 | #1,857 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,901 | 12 | #2,488 |
| 1957 | under 5 | 13 | #2,362 | |
| 1956 | under 5 | 15 | #2,157 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 25 | #1,568 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 20 | #1,751 | |
| 1953 | 5 | #6,405 | 19 | #1,823 |
| 1952 | under 5 | 20 | #1,744 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 23 | #1,594 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 26 | #1,458 | |
| 1949 | under 5 | 28 | #1,403 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 20 | #1,697 | |
| 1947 | under 5 | 28 | #1,419 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 32 | #1,255 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 25 | #1,344 | |
| 1944 | under 5 | 22 | #1,472 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 20 | #1,626 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 23 | #1,491 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 27 | #1,294 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 26 | #1,332 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 36 | #1,083 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 42 | #991 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 40 | #1,010 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 44 | #939 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 43 | #979 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 47 | #929 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 46 | #934 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 65 | #792 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 74 | #709 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 97 | #627 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 111 | #563 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 141 | #511 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 168 | #468 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 166 | #468 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 181 | #447 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 198 | #435 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 259 | #371 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 230 | #397 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 245 | #388 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 246 | #380 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 228 | #388 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 321 | #316 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 298 | #310 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 254 | #335 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 272 | #315 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 251 | #279 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 218 | #257 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 169 | #274 | |
| 1911 | under 5 | 78 | #302 | |
| 1910 | under 5 | 73 | #287 | |
| 1909 | under 5 | 53 | #317 | |
| 1908 | under 5 | 44 | #343 | |
| 1907 | under 5 | 37 | #373 | |
| 1906 | under 5 | 28 | #420 | |
| 1905 | under 5 | 29 | #403 | |
| 1904 | under 5 | 26 | #416 | |
| 1903 | under 5 | 32 | #344 | |
| 1902 | under 5 | 34 | #336 | |
| 1901 | under 5 | 27 | #358 | |
| 1900 | under 5 | 28 | #428 | |
| 1899 | under 5 | 18 | #453 | |
| 1898 | under 5 | 17 | #520 | |
| 1897 | under 5 | 26 | #374 | |
| 1896 | under 5 | 25 | #396 | |
| 1895 | under 5 | 24 | #396 | |
| 1894 | under 5 | 22 | #409 | |
| 1893 | under 5 | 16 | #477 | |
| 1892 | under 5 | 20 | #442 | |
| 1891 | under 5 | 14 | #493 | |
| 1890 | under 5 | 14 | #531 | |
| 1889 | under 5 | 21 | #403 | |
| 1888 | under 5 | 14 | #553 | |
| 1887 | under 5 | 14 | #483 | |
| 1886 | under 5 | 14 | #507 | |
| 1885 | under 5 | 26 | #342 | |
| 1884 | under 5 | 19 | #429 | |
| 1883 | under 5 | 16 | #456 | |
| 1882 | under 5 | 20 | #413 | |
| 1881 | under 5 | 15 | #455 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 12 | #559 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Sol a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 12,382 Americans recorded as Sol, 33% are girls and 67% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Sol: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Sol, and how old are they?
6,750 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 55% of the 12,382 Americans ever recorded as Sol. The median Sol alive today is 10 years old; half are between 4 and 24.
The 2020 Census counted 6,326 people named Sol (3,955 women and girls, 2,371 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 4,368 born in the U.S. The Census count is 45% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 114 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 294 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 504 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 456 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,540 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,840 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Sol born?
The states with the most babies named Sol are California, Texas and Florida, with 51% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 129 | #716 | 1.3× |
| Texas | 78 | #1,544 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 41 | #1,047 | 0.7× |
| Arizona | 29 | #1,021 | 1.0× |
| New York | 26 | #910 | 3.5× |
| Colorado | 18 | #837 | 0.4× |
| Illinois | 17 | #1,258 | 0.9× |
| New Jersey | 17 | #901 | 0.7× |
| Washington | 17 | #982 | 0.3× |
| Georgia | 16 | #976 | 0.3× |
Where Sol is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Sol is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 3.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Sol with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 13,287 babies since 1880, Sol is the most given (93% of them). In 2025 it was given to 573 of their 669 babies (86%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
More about Sol and names like it
- Compare Sol and SoulBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sSol peaked in 2025.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Sol since 1910.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Sol.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Sol alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with SMost given first.