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Boy's name · #1151 in the US (2025) · Comeback
34% boys · 66% girls — For most of its history Sol was mostly a boys' name; since around 1995 most babies named Sol have been girls. Sol →
Sol was #257 in 1913, slipped to #5857 by 1995, and has climbed back to #1151 today. About 8,300 boys have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 16 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#537 in Netherlands (2025) · #725 in England & Wales (2025) · #938 in Scotland (2025) · #961 in Belgium (2025) · #1,768 in Austria (2025) · #1,322 in Canada (2024).
Among 241 notable people named Sol:
Business leaders appear 2.63× more often than among typical names — e.g. Sol Kerzner, South African businessman (1935–2020).
Similar names: Alphonse · Zohan · Archibald · Ollie · Sylvan · Cal
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