Sol
A unisex name of Latin origin, meaning sun.
Babies a year
49
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
#722
up from #819
UK popularity
#716
49 babies
How Sol has moved
View as table
| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2022 | #837 |
| 2023 | #892 |
| 2024 | #819 |
| 2025 | #722 |
Sol by the numbers
In 2025, 49 babies in England and Wales were named Sol. In the US, 174 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 321 babies in 1918, making it a 1910s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sol. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Sol
Names that are said the same way as Sol, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Sole11 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean the sun
Like Sol, each of these has the sun in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Auroradawn; Roman goddess of sunrise1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
- Cyrussun; royal name from ancient Persia729 in the US (2017)
- Apollogreek god of music, poetry, and sun525 in the US (2017)
- Eliansun; diminutive of Elias or form of Helios486 in the US (2017)
- Samsonhis name is sun; strong as the sun430 in the US (2017)
- Reyanshpart of the sun; ray of light382 in the US (2017)