Girls' name · since 1924
Sola
267 babies named Sola in U.S. Social Security records since 1924, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,972 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,589 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 267
- born since 1924
- 2020s
- peak decade
267 babies have been named Sola since 1924, making it today's #6589 girls' name.
Sola has 267 recorded births among girls since 1924, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6589 as of the latest data, more common than 62% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1924 to 2025.
- #16,972 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,589 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 267 born since 1924
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sola ranks #16,972 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,589 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 267 born since 1924, peaking in the 2020s.
- #16,972 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,589 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 267
- born since 1924
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sola's 267 recorded births place it above 76.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Sola compares
267 43rd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sola's all-time total is 29% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sola | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 267 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sola's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sola splits its recorded history at 2013: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1924 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 24 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sola popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1924–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 102 years of records
Sola popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2006 (Sola as boys' name)
Sola by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (118 births, 44% of the file).
2020s was Sola's strongest decade.
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Sola births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 2000s 47
2000s
47 births
- 2010s
2010s
87 births
- 2020s
2020s
118 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 118 births (44% of all-time use).
Sola by state
Where Sola concentrates geographically, total births since 1924
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.9% |
5 of 267 births nationwide.
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What to do with Sola's data
- California records the most Solas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sola: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1924–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sola draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.