Sol
Sol is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 186 births. Its best rank was 257th, in 1913.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1860.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 1918321 births
- Best rank
- #257in 1913
- Since 1880
- 11,807people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,099 boys have been named Sol in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1918, with 321 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1925, and the 1910s alone account for 27%. It has spent 58 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Sol is used for both sexes: 31% of its bearers are girls (3,708), most of them born around 2024.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Sol | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 171 | |
| 1890s | 196 | |
| 1900s | 338 | |
| 1910s | 2,162 | |
| 1920s | 1,945 | |
| 1930s | 534 | |
| 1940s | 251 | |
| 1950s | 193 | |
| 1960s | 142 | |
| 1970s | 217 | |
| 1980s | 151 | |
| 1990s | 181 | |
| 2000s | 332 | |
| 2010s | 558 | |
| 2020s | 728 |
In 1918, its biggest year
Sol was the 316th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1918 were John, William, James, Robert and Charles. See all of 1918.
Names that rose and fell with Sol
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Irvingpeak 1918
- Isadorepeak 1916
- Alphonsepeak 1918
- Oswaldpeak 1916
- Osbornepeak 1915
- Aloispeak 1918
- Meyerpeak 1917
- Ellsworthpeak 1918
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.