Soleil
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About Soleil
An attractive French word name known here via former child TV star Soleil Moon Frye, aka Punky Brewster. It started to be lightly used in the U.S. in the 1920s and is now attracting some attention as both a sunny nature and an international word name. It's currently in the Nameberry Top 500.
Pronounced soh-LAY.
As of October 2026, Soleil ranked #758 in US births in 2025 SSA, Nameberry popularity #276.
Editor's take: The name Soleil is a girl's name of French origin meaning "sun".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,468 | 153 | 85.6 |
| 2015 | #1,837 | 113 | 63.3 |
| 2016 | #1,611 | 137 | 77.3 |
| 2017 | #1,634 | 133 | 77 |
| 2018 | #1,420 | 158 | 92.9 |
| 2019 | #1,157 | 208 | 123.9 |
| 2020 | #1,199 | 192 | 118.8 |
| 2021 | #995 | 258 | 157.2 |
| 2022 | #990 | 268 | 163.4 |
| 2023 | #975 | 265 | 165.2 |
| 2024 | #824 | 332 | 204.9 |
| 2025 | #758 | 358 | 222.7 |
World rankings
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Soleil on lists
Famous Soleils
- Soleil Moon Frye
American actress
- Sky Soleil
American male voice actor
- Cypress Soleil Lee (b. 1995)
daughter of rapper Solé
- Sophia Madrien Soleil Bell (b. 2001)
daughter of singer Tara McLean
- Bodhi Soleil Reed Somerhalder (b. 2017)
daughter of actors Ian Somerhalder and Nikki Reed
Soleil in pop culture
- Cirque du Soleil
famous Canadian circus
- Soleil
character on the American TV show "Touch"
- Soleil
daughter of Laslow (Lazward) in the game "Fire Emblem: Fates"