Sol
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Sol
A short and sweet Spanish and Portuguese name, meaning "sun". Sol has been used on its own for centuries (it belongs to one of the daughters in the 10th-11th century Spanish epic poem "El Cantar de mio Cid"), and it is also found as a short form of the Marian names María del Sol and María de la Soledad, and of the related names Marisol and Soledad. A famous bearer is Argentine TV presenter (María) Sol Perez.
Sol for girls#722 US
Sol is also one of the goddess names fashionable for baby girls: she's a Nordic sun goddess, also called Sunna.
Sol entered the Top 1000 for the first time in 2022, surpassing the previous favorite sunny form, Soleil. Along with Soleil, other intriguing longer forms include Marisol, Solange, and Solvieg.
Sol for boys#1151 US
Although pinochle-playing partner Sam came out of retirement, we don't see it happening to Sol. Near soundalike Saul has more of a shot.
Sol was also a Roman god/personification of the sun, and an epithet of sun-god Apollo.
Pronounced SOHL.
As of October 2026, Sol ranked #722 in US births in 2025 SSA, Nameberry popularity #837.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,091 | 93 | #2,537 | 49 |
| 2015 | #2,166 | 88 | #2,597 | 48 |
| 2016 | #2,145 | 91 | #2,274 | 59 |
| 2017 | #1,915 | 106 | #2,048 | 69 |
| 2018 | #1,607 | 134 | #1,702 | 93 |
| 2019 | #1,514 | 144 | #2,106 | 69 |
| 2020 | #1,226 | 187 | #1,865 | 80 |
| 2021 | #1,053 | 240 | #1,346 | 138 |
| 2022 | #838 | 335 | #1,170 | 175 |
| 2023 | #892 | 301 | #1,286 | 149 |
| 2024 | #819 | 336 | #1,135 | 186 |
| 2025 | #722 | 389 | #1,151 | 184 |
World rankings
Sol for girls
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Famous Sols
- Sol GabettaGirl
Argentine cellist
- María del Sol (born Marisol de las Mercedes Echánove Rojas)Girl
Mexican pop singer
- Sol Bloom (1870–1949)Boy
member of the U.S. House of Representatives and entertainment entrepreneur
- Sol Brodsky (1923–1984)Boy
American comic book artist and key Marvel Comics executive
- Sol Campbell (born 1974)Boy
English footballer
- Sol Davis (born 1979)Boy
English footballer
- Sol Hachuel (1817–1834)Boy
Jewish martyr and heroine
- Sol Halperin (1902Boy
1977), American special effects artist
- Sol Heras (born 1987)Boy
English actor
- Sol Hoʻopiʻi (1902–1953)Boy
Hawaiian guitarist
- Sol Hurok (1888–1974)Boy
American impresario
- Sol Kaplan (1919–1990)Boy
American film and television music composer
- Sol Kerzner (born 1935)Boy
South African businessman
- Sol Lesser (1890–1980)Boy
American film producer
- Sol LeWitt (1928–2007)Boy
American artist
- Sol Linowitz (1913–2005)Boy
American diplomat, lawyer, and businessman
- Sol Orwell (born 1983)Boy
entrepreneur
- Sol Plaatje (1876–1932)Boy
South African intellectual, journalist, linguist, politician, translator, and writer
- Sol Price (1916–2009)Boy
American businessman and founder of FedMart and Price Club
- Sol SaksBoy
creator of the television comedy show Bewitched
- Sol Schoenbach (1915–1999)Boy
American bassoonist, teacher and pedagogue
- Sol C. Siegel (1903–1982)Boy
American reporter and film producer
- Sol Spiegelman (1914–1983)Boy
American molecular biologist
- Sol Star (1840–1917)Boy
businessman and politician
- Sol Tax (1907–1995)Boy
American anthropologist
- Solomon Trujillo (born 1951)Boy
American businessman
- Sol Wachtler (born 1930)Boy
American lawyer, politician, and disgraced ex,judge
- Sol MoraviaBoy
Rosenberg, American rapper
Sol in pop culture
- Sol BergsteinBoy
character on Grace and Frankie
- SolBoy
character in Erin Hunter's "Warriors" series
- Sol BadguyBoy
character in the Guilty Gear video games
- Sol RamaBoy
character in Marvel Universe
- SolBoy
Borne by one of El Cid's daughters in the Cantar de Mio Cid
- SolBoy
Roman personification of the Sun. Greek equivalent, Helios