Soley
Girl · SOH-lay · Scandinavian
Soley is a girls' name of Scandinavian origin, meaning “buttercup”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Soley mean?
Scandinavian: Icelandic word soley
“buttercup”
Soley is the Icelandic word for the buttercup flower.
- Say it
- SOH-lay
Is Soley a girl's or a boy's name?
Soley is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Soley in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 500% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Soley, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,326th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 6 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Soley in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
How popular is Soley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Soley, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. It first appears in the records in 2000.
2025 had the most girls named Soley of any year since it first appeared, in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Soley in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Soley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
Names like Soley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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