Solay — #12904 US girls' name
65 babies named Solay in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 27% of names given to girls today.
40% of everyone ever named Solay was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Solay in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Solay
The Social Security Administration has registered 65 babies named Solay between 2006 and 2024, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Solay currently holds the #12904 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Solay performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Solay shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Solay in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Solay 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 65 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.
Solay at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Solay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2006
- Peak year (2021)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
Currently ranks #12904 among girls.
65 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 12 births in a single year.
Solay by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 26 births that decade — 40% of Solay's all-time total
Solay decade highlights
- Peak decade 26 births
- Runner-up 25 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Solay's strongest decade
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Solay by state
Where Solay concentrates geographically — total births since 2006
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 7.7% |
5 of 65 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 7.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2006–2024 (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.