Solei
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- soh-LAY
- Origin
- French
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,675 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,867 for girls
Solei is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “sun”. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 1,867th for girls in the US (106 babies).
What does Solei mean?
French: spelling of Soleil
“sun”
Is Solei a girl's or a boy's name?
Solei is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 106 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Solei in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,675among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Solei, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2023, with 15 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Solei in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,953 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,955 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
How popular is Solei in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,867among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 106about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 206% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 106 girls in the US were named Solei, making it the 1,867th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,675th. It first appears in the records in 1996.
2025 had the most girls named Solei of any year since it first appeared, in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Solei in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 116 girls in the US were given Solei or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,526, up from #1,867 for this spelling alone.
- Solei 106
- Solae 10
Solei in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 106 | #1,867 |
| 2024 | 73 | #2,462 |
| 2023 | 90 | #2,124 |
| 2022 | 67 | #2,604 |
| 2021 | 58 | #2,892 |
| 2020 | 40 | #3,675 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,608 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,003 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,515 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,315 |
| 2012 | 36 | #4,119 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,096 |
| 2008 | 28 | #5,140 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,810 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,581 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
Names like Solei
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Esme Harper Remi Isla Mila Freya Lyra Luna Sylvie Willow Dua Myla
Other spellings of Solei
Names related to Solei
More French names
Eleanor Beau Darcie Darcy Genevieve Amy Esmae Arleth Elle Russell Monty Mallory Percy Lacey Belle Quincy
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, “Solei: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/solei, updated 20 October 2026.