Soleil
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
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.
Soleil is also given to boys, where it ranks #7130 in the US.
Pronounced soh-LAY.
As of October 2026, Soleil ranked #758 in US births in 2025 SSA, Nameberry popularity #406.
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
Soleil for girls
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Soleil on lists
Famous Soleils
- Soleil Moon FryeGirl
American actress
- Sky SoleilGirl
American male voice actor
- Cypress Soleil Lee (b. 1995)Girl
daughter of rapper Solé
- Sophia Madrien Soleil Bell (b. 2001)Girl
daughter of singer Tara McLean
- Bodhi Soleil Reed Somerhalder (b. 2017)Girl
daughter of actors Ian Somerhalder and Nikki Reed
Soleil in pop culture
- Cirque du SoleilGirl
famous Canadian circus
- SoleilGirl
character on the American TV show "Touch"
- SoleilGirl
daughter of Laslow (Lazward) in the game "Fire Emblem: Fates"