Solar
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- SOH-ler
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,409 for girls
Unisex
Solar is a name of English origin, meaning “of the sun”. In 2025 it ranked 5,409th for girls in the US (23 babies).
What does Solar mean?
English: English word, from Latin solaris
“of the sun”
Is Solar a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Solar has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 23 girls and 19 boys in the US.
How popular is Solar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 168% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 23 girls in the US were named Solar, making it the 5,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 2019. 19 boys were also named Solar in 2025 (5,044th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Solar in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 55% of the babies named Solar in the US were girls.
Solar in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #5,409 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,770 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
Names like Solar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Marigold Palmer Vesper Sawyer Jupiter Coco Xaria Montserrat Esme Pepper Dua Sol
Names related to Solar
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie
Sources
Figures from 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, “Solar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/solar, updated 20 October 2026.