Solar — #4871 US unisex name
97 babies named Solar in U.S. Social Security records since 2019, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 72% of names given to girls today.
91% of everyone ever named Solar was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Solar in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Solar
The Social Security Administration has registered 97 babies named Solar between 2019 and 2024, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Solar currently holds the #4871 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 28 babies received it in a single year. Solar is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 91 additional births since 2018.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Solar performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 88 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Solar shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Solar 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 97 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.
Solar at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Solar popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2019
- Peak year (2024)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
Currently ranks #4871 among girls.
97 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 28 births in a single year.
Solar popularity over time — boys
91 total births recorded since 2018 (Solar as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Solar accounts for 48% of total recorded use across both genders.
Solar by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 88 births that decade — 91% of Solar's all-time total
Solar decade highlights
- Peak decade 88 births
- Runner-up 9 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Solar's strongest decade
88 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 91% 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, 2019–2024 (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.