Soley

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
5
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4201
5 babies

Soley by the numbers

In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Soley. In the US, 9 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 11 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Soley

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Soley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Solei10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Sole11 in the US (2017)
  • Salempeace; derived from place name366 in the US (2017)
  • Sallyprincess; a diminutive of Sarah242 in the US (2017)
  • Soleilsun133 in the US (2017)
  • Stoneystone meadow; a form of Stoneley19 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Soley

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