Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Sol**

#1,041 most common boys' name of all time · #2,466 across all names · 67% male / 33% female · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#1,041
Rank overall
#2,466 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
12,382
Since 2016
3,467
Peak year
2025 #1,146
Best rank
#257 1913
Girls Boys peak 573/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Sol is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 389 184 573 #1,146
2024 336 186 522 #1,135
2023 301 150 451 #1,283
2022 335 175 510 #1,168
2021 240 139 379 #1,334
2020 187 80 267 #1,853
2019 144 69 213 #2,083
2018 134 93 227 #1,691
2017 106 69 175 #2,032
2016 91 59 150 #2,257
2015 88 48 136 #2,567
2014 93 49 142 #2,516
2013 85 37 122 #2,998
2012 80 34 114 #3,233
2011 76 50 126 #2,479
2010 106 50 156 #2,467
2009 68 50 118 #2,531
2008 79 34 113 #3,287
2007 90 38 128 #3,029
2006 85 26 111 #3,783
2005 66 47 113 #2,433
2004 60 33 93 #3,017
2003 59 32 91 #2,993
2002 49 28 77 #3,188
2001 56 25 81 #3,412
2000 47 19 66 #4,068
1999 31 17 48 #4,170
1998 45 20 65 #3,600
1997 28 27 55 #2,825
1996 14 12 26 #4,887
1995 24 10 34 #5,510
1994 14 29 43 #2,557
1993 27 16 43 #3,827
1992 17 17 34 #3,611
1991 11 20 31 #3,116
1990 18 13 31 #4,176
1989 14 10 24 #4,833
1988 11 10 21 #4,461
1987 12 10 22 #4,250
1986 11 12 23 #3,665
1985 13 20 33 #2,512
1984 9 21 30 #2,369
1983 10 11 21 #3,641
1982 12 16 28 #2,840
1981 11 19 30 #2,498
1980 22 22 44 #2,287
1979 19 25 44 #2,054
1978 10 15 25 #2,814
1977 15 23 38 #2,067
1976 16 23 39 #2,058
1975 18 23 41 #2,008
1974 14 17 31 #2,367
1973 19 17 36 #2,316
1972 17 26 43 #1,728
1971 20 23 43 #1,865
1970 14 25 39 #1,745
1969 11 15 26 #2,224
1968 9 19 28 #1,845
1967 13 9 22 #2,781
1966 16 14 30 #2,139
1965 17 10 27 #2,630
1964 7 18 25 #1,909
1963 13 14 27 #2,209
1962 6 10 16 #2,690
1961 9 16 25 #2,077
1960 8 17 25 #1,976
1959 12 20 32 #1,815
1958 5 12 17 #2,377
1957 — 13 13 #2,286
1956 — 15 15 #2,096
1955 — 25 25 #1,541
1954 — 20 20 #1,710
1953 5 19 24 #1,770
1952 — 20 20 #1,708
1951 — 23 23 #1,555
1950 — 26 26 #1,436
1949 — 28 28 #1,384
1948 — 20 20 #1,660
1947 — 28 28 #1,400
1946 — 32 32 #1,240
1945 — 25 25 #1,330
1944 — 22 22 #1,441
1943 — 20 20 #1,586
1942 — 23 23 #1,471
1941 — 27 27 #1,278
1940 — 26 26 #1,314
1939 — 36 36 #1,071
1938 — 42 42 #978
1937 — 40 40 #1,004
1936 — 44 44 #926
1935 — 43 43 #971
1934 — 47 47 #921
1933 — 46 46 #929
1932 — 65 65 #790
1931 — 74 74 #704
1930 — 97 97 #625
1929 — 111 111 #563
1928 — 141 141 #509
1927 — 168 168 #468
1926 — 166 166 #467
1925 — 181 181 #447
1924 — 198 198 #435
1923 — 259 259 #371
1922 — 230 230 #396
1921 — 245 245 #388
1920 — 246 246 #380
1919 — 228 228 #388
1918 — 321 321 #313
1917 — 298 298 #310
1916 — 254 254 #335
1915 — 272 272 #313
1914 — 251 251 #279
1913 — 218 218 #257
1912 — 169 169 #273
1911 — 78 78 #303
1910 — 73 73 #288
1909 — 53 53 #317
1908 — 44 44 #344
1907 — 37 37 #370
1906 — 28 28 #418
1905 — 29 29 #398
1904 — 26 26 #414
1903 — 32 32 #345
1902 — 34 34 #336
1901 — 27 27 #358
1900 — 28 28 #427
1899 — 18 18 #452
1898 — 17 17 #515
1897 — 26 26 #374
1896 — 25 25 #395
1895 — 24 24 #395
1894 — 22 22 #410
1893 — 16 16 #473
1892 — 20 20 #441
1891 — 14 14 #490
1890 — 14 14 #522
1889 — 21 21 #402
1888 — 14 14 #545
1887 — 14 14 #474
1886 — 14 14 #502
1885 — 26 26 #343
1884 — 19 19 #428
1883 — 16 16 #455
1882 — 20 20 #411
1881 — 15 15 #455
1880 — 12 12 #559