Solace — #11587 US unisex name
210 babies named Solace in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 34% of names given to girls today.
49% of everyone ever named Solace was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Solace in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Solace
The Social Security Administration has registered 210 babies named Solace between 1999 and 2024, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Solace currently holds the #11587 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 16 babies received it in a single year. Solace is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 179 additional births since 2005.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Solace performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Solace shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Solace in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 210 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Solace at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Solace popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1999
- Peak year (2015)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
Currently ranks #11587 among girls.
210 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 16 births in a single year.
Solace popularity over time — boys
179 total births recorded since 2005 (Solace as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Solace accounts for 46% of total recorded use across both genders.
Solace by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 103 births that decade — 49% of Solace's all-time total
Solace decade highlights
- Peak decade 103 births
- Runner-up 60 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Solace's strongest decade
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1999–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.