Unisex name · since 2019
Solar
Since 2019, U.S. Social Security records show 120 babies named Solar, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #25,148 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,543 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 120
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
120 babies have been named Solar since 2019, making it today's #5543 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Solar recorded 120 times among girls since 2019, holding rank #5543 nationally today, ahead of 68% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2019 to 2025.
- #25,148 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,543 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 120 born since 2019
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Solar ranks #25,148 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,543 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 120 born since 2019, peaking in the 2020s.
- #25,148 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,543 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 120
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
Solar's 120 recorded births place it above 65.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Solar compares
120 28th 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
Solar's all-time total is 68% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Solar | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 120 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 21 | 19,840 |
Solar's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Solar splits its recorded history at 2022: 68% of all births land in the more recent half, 32% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2019 (9 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 28 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Solar popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Solar popularity over time - boys
110 total births recorded since 2018 (Solar as boys' name)
Solar by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (111 births, 93% of the file).
2020s was Solar's strongest decade.
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 93% of all-time use.
Solar births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 9
2010s
9 births
- 2020s
2020s
111 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 111 births (93% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Solar: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~6 yrs)
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, 2019–2025 (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 Solar 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.