Solstice — #6827 US unisex name
153 babies named Solstice in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 61% of names given to girls today.
50% of everyone ever named Solstice was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Solstice in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Solstice
The Social Security Administration has registered 153 babies named Solstice between 2005 and 2024, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Solstice currently holds the #6827 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 17 babies received it in a single year. Solstice is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 16 additional births since 2018.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Solstice performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 77 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Solstice shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Solstice in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Solstice 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 153 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.
Solstice at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Solstice popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2005
- Peak year (2022)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
Currently ranks #6827 among girls.
153 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 17 births in a single year.
Solstice popularity over time — boys
16 total births recorded since 2018 (Solstice as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Solstice accounts for 9% of total recorded use across both genders.
Solstice by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 77 births that decade — 50% of Solstice's all-time total
Solstice decade highlights
- Peak decade 77 births
- Runner-up 65 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Solstice's strongest decade
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Solstice by state
Where Solstice concentrates geographically — total births since 2005
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.3% |
5 of 153 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.3% 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, 2005–2024 (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.