Girls' name · since 1981
Soleil
5,130 babies named Soleil in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,530 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #757 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,130
- born since 1981
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Soleil is the #757 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 5,130 recorded since 1981.
Social Security Administration records show Soleil recorded 5,130 times among girls since 1981, holding rank #757 nationally today, ahead of 96% 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 1981 to 2025.
- #2,530 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #757 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,130 born since 1981
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Soleil ranks #2,530 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #757 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,130 born since 1981, peaking in the 2020s.
- #2,530 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #757 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,130
- born since 1981
- 2020s
- peak decade
Soleil's 5,130 recorded births place it above 96.5% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
29 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Soleil compares
5,130 Top 14% higher than 86% of 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
Soleil's all-time total is 14x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Soleil | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,130 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 358 | 21 | 19,840 |
Soleil's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Soleil splits its recorded history at 2004: 83% of all births land in the more recent half, 17% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1984 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 358 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Soleil popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 358
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Soleil popularity over time - boys
42 total births recorded since 2019 (Soleil as boys' name)
Soleil by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,677 births, 33% of the file).
2020s was Soleil's strongest decade.
1,677 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Soleil births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 120
1980s
120 births
- 1990s 273
1990s
273 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,422 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,638 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,677 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,677 births (33% of all-time use).
How Soleil compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Soleil's total volume
Soleil by state
Where Soleil concentrates geographically, total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,127 | 22.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 459 | 8.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 447 | 8.7% |
| #4 | Texas | | 391 | 7.6% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 181 | 3.5% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 140 | 2.7% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 117 | 2.3% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 113 | 2.2% |
1,127 of 5,130 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Soleil appears in 29 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Soleils (1,127 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Soleil: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1981–2025 (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 Soleil 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.