Soledad — #4288 US girls' name
4,168 babies named Soledad in U.S. Social Security records since 1898, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 76% of names given to girls today.
17% of everyone ever named Soledad was born in this single decade.
81 babies were named Soledad in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Soledad
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,168 babies named Soledad between 1898 and 2024, spanning 127 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Soledad currently holds the #4288 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 81 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Soledad performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 702 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Soledad shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,325 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Soledad in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Soledad 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 4,168 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.
Soledad at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Soledad popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1898
- Peak year (2006)
- 81
- Annual births at peak — across 127 years of records
Currently ranks #4288 among girls.
4,168 total births across 127 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 81 births in a single year.
Soledad popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1990 (Soledad as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Soledad accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Soledad by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 702 births that decade — 17% of Soledad's all-time total
Soledad decade highlights
- Peak decade 702 births
- Runner-up 627 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Soledad's strongest decade
702 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 17% of all-time use.
Soledad by state
Where Soledad concentrates geographically — total births since 1898
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,325 | 31.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,111 | 26.7% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 65 | 1.6% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 57 | 1.4% |
| #5 | New Mexico | | 36 | 0.9% |
| #6 | New York | | 10 | 0.2% |
| #7 | Colorado | | 5 | 0.1% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.1% |
1,325 of 4,168 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 31.8% of nationwide
- Texas 26.7% of nationwide
- Arizona 1.6% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.4% of nationwide
- New Mexico 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 31.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1898–2024 (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.