Sollie — boys' name
269 babies named Sollie in U.S. Social Security records since 1896, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
35% of everyone ever named Sollie was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Sollie in 1916 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sollie
The Social Security Administration has registered 269 babies named Sollie between 1896 and 1954, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sollie currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1954. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sollie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 94 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Sollie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sollie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sollie 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 269 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.
Sollie at a glance
Last recorded 1954Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sollie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–1896
- Peak year (1916)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 59 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1954.
269 total births across 59 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1916 with 16 births in a single year.
Sollie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 94 births that decade — 35% of Sollie's all-time total
Sollie decade highlights
- Peak decade 94 births
- Runner-up 92 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Sollie's strongest decade
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Sollie by state
Where Sollie concentrates geographically — total births since 1896
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 7 | 2.6% |
7 of 269 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 2.6% 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, 1896–1954 (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.