Solly — boys' name

What the Data Says About Solly

The Social Security Administration has registered 148 babies named Solly between 1913 and 2020, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Solly currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Solly performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 75 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Solly shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Solly in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Solly 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 148 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.