Solon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SOH-lon
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Solon is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Solon mean?
Greek: ancient Greek name
Solon was the Athenian statesman and poet whose reforms laid foundations for Athenian democracy.
Is Solon a girl's or a boy's name?
Solon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Solon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Solon, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1916, with 33 boys.
Half of all the boys named Solon in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 1981, the years shaded on the chart below.
Solon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 16 | #2,029 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 12 | #2,326 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,962 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1951 | 15 | #1,971 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,801 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,217 |
| 1947 | 11 | #2,355 |
| 1946 | 11 | #2,270 |
| 1945 | 13 | #1,925 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,308 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,181 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,267 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,207 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,179 |
| 1939 | 15 | #1,795 |
| 1938 | 17 | #1,689 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,723 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,029 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,563 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,541 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,777 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,589 |
| 1930 | 23 | #1,533 |
| 1929 | 18 | #1,793 |
| 1928 | 16 | #1,960 |
| 1927 | 19 | #1,796 |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,605 |
| 1925 | 29 | #1,360 |
| 1924 | 23 | #1,628 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,122 |
| 1922 | 31 | #1,308 |
| 1921 | 30 | #1,360 |
| 1920 | 24 | #1,543 |
| 1919 | 23 | #1,530 |
| 1918 | 25 | #1,445 |
| 1917 | 18 | #1,754 |
| 1916 | 33 | #1,138 |
| 1915 | 26 | #1,306 |
| 1914 | 12 | #1,867 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,675 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,267 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,189 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,020 |
| 1908 | 10 | #877 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,199 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,110 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,090 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,012 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 8 | #967 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,056 |
| 1896 | 7 | #899 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 6 | #953 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
| 1887 | 5 | #921 |
| 1886 | 7 | #758 |
| 1885 | 5 | #935 |
| 1884 | 10 | #613 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 5 | #942 |
| 1881 | 12 | #503 |
| 1880 | 8 | #682 |
Names like Solon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Wilson, Leon, Ambrose, Henry, Simon, Silas, George, Charlie, Otto, Arthur, William, Houston
Names related to Solon
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
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, “Solon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/solon, updated 20 October 2026.