Soley — #9905 US girls' name
194 babies named Soley in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 44% of names given to girls today.
41% of everyone ever named Soley was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Soley in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Soley
The Social Security Administration has registered 194 babies named Soley between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Soley currently holds the #9905 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Soley performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 80 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Soley shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Soley 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 194 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.
Soley at a glance
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Current rank
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Soley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2000
- Peak year (2018)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
Currently ranks #9905 among girls.
194 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 14 births in a single year.
Soley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 80 births that decade — 41% of Soley's all-time total
Soley decade highlights
- Peak decade 80 births
- Runner-up 59 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Soley's strongest decade
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% 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, 2000–2024 (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.