Sol

What Sol means

Diminutive of Solomon, meaning “peace”

diminutive of the male given name Solomon || From Latin Solomōn (variant of Salomon), from Ancient Greek Σολομών (Solomṓn), from Biblical Hebrew שְׁלֹמֹה (šĕlōmōʰ), from שָׁלוֹם (šālōm, “peace”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Sol” (revision 93673830) and “Solomon” (revision 93656471), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Sol?

US: Rising: up from #2152 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 389 girls got the name (#722 that year). First in the US records in 1953.

How common

• About 1 in 4,132 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 42,214 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AZ (0.85 per 1,000 girls), UT (0.59 per 1,000 girls), CA (0.56 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Sol is #722 in the US and #3705 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 67.9% of US babies named Sol were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Soul37 US · 7 E&W
• Sole18 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Sol

Girls

• Maeve#76“intoxicating”^*
• Amira#132“princess”^*
• Sylvie#282Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,175 in 2015, #282 in 2025
• Georgia#99“farmer”^*
• Kailani#253“sea + sky”^*
• Leilani#60Hawaiian, meaning “a lei; a child + heavenly, royal”^*

For a brother

• Luka#85Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #85 vs #261 in 2025
• Cyrus#268Editor’s note Up from #469 in 2015 to #268 in 2025 in the US
• Enzo#72“home + ruler”^*
• Bodie#275Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #958 in 2015, #275 in 2025
• Myles#100Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #223 in 2015, #100 in 2025
• Emilio#154Spanish and Italian, meaning “rival”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Sol’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.