Solana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- soh-LAH-na
- Origin
- Spanish
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,509 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #495 for girls
Solana is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “sunny place”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 495th for girls in the US (599 babies).
What does Solana mean?
Spanish: Spanish word, from Latin sol
“sunny place”
From Latin sol, 'sun'; in Spanish a solana is a spot or slope that catches the sun.
Is Solana a girl's or a boy's name?
Solana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 599 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Solana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,509among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Solana, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2024, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Solana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Solana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
How popular is Solana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #495among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 599about 1 in 2,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 292% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 599 girls in the US were named Solana, making it the 495th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,632nd. It first appears in the records in 1976.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had the most girls named Solana of any year since it first appeared, in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Solana in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Solana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 599 | #495 |
| 2024 | 411 | #689 |
| 2023 | 285 | #932 |
| 2022 | 226 | #1,104 |
| 2021 | 186 | #1,258 |
| 2020 | 127 | #1,632 |
| 2019 | 86 | #2,155 |
| 2018 | 117 | #1,748 |
| 2017 | 64 | #2,689 |
| 2016 | 44 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 67 | #2,646 |
| 2014 | 54 | #3,078 |
| 2013 | 46 | #3,402 |
| 2012 | 40 | #3,853 |
| 2011 | 59 | #2,908 |
| 2010 | 51 | #3,202 |
| 2009 | 66 | #2,729 |
| 2008 | 68 | #2,690 |
| 2007 | 78 | #2,418 |
| 2006 | 70 | #2,579 |
| 2005 | 89 | #2,087 |
| 2004 | 59 | #2,738 |
| 2003 | 64 | #2,519 |
| 2002 | 35 | #3,726 |
| 2001 | 43 | #3,194 |
| 2000 | 43 | #3,165 |
| 1999 | 29 | #3,966 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,633 |
| 1997 | 31 | #3,623 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,826 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,487 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,665 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 21 | #4,352 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,010 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,721 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,051 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
Names like Solana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alora Aria Sienna Syeda Amara Esme Dua Sophia Ariana Lucia Alaia Maeva
Other spellings of Solana
Names related to Solana
More Spanish names
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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, “Solana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/solana, updated 20 October 2026.