Solace
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SOL-is
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,948 for boys
Solace is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “comfort, consolation”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 3,948th for boys in the US (27 babies).
What does Solace mean?
English: English word, from Latin solacium
“comfort, consolation”
English word for comfort in distress, from Latin solacium.
Is Solace a girl's or a boy's name?
Solace is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls and 3 boys in the UK and 9 girls and 27 boys in the US.
How popular is Solace in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Solace, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 4 boys. 3 girls were also named Solace in 2025 (5,990th for girls).
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Solace in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
How popular is Solace in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,948among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 63,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the US were named Solace, making it the 3,948th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. It first appears in the records in 2005. 9 girls were also named Solace in 2025 (10,104th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Solace of any year since it first appeared, in 2005.
Half of all the boys named Solace in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 25% of the babies named Solace in the US were girls.
Solace in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #3,948 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
Names like Solace
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Perez Spencer Crue Luca Iago Sage Palmer Cruz Prince Sawyer Sol Marco
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Solace: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/solace, updated 20 October 2026.