Girls' name · since 2000
Soley
Soley has 210 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,322 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,029 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 210
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Soley currently ranks #7029 among girls' names in America, with 210 babies recorded since 2000.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Soley has been recorded 210 times among girls since 2000, currently ranked #7029 nationally and more common than 59% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #19,322 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,029 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 210 born since 2000
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Soley ranks #19,322 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,029 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 210 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,322 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,029 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 210
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Soley's 210 recorded births place it above 73.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Soley compares
210 38th percentile among 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
Soley's all-time total is 44% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Soley | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 210 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Soley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Soley's full recorded timeline at 2014, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2003, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Soley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Soley by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (80 births, 38% of the file).
2010s was Soley's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Soley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
59 births
- 2010s
2010s
80 births
- 2020s
2020s
71 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 80 births (38% of all-time use).
Soley by state
Where Soley concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.4% |
5 of 210 births nationwide.
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What to do with Soley's data
- Soley's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (80 total births) through the 2020s (71) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Soleys (5 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Soley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
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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, 2000–2025 (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 Soley 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.