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Solstice

Girl · SOL-stis · English

Solstice is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “sun standing still”. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).

What does Solstice mean?

English: the English word, from Latin solstitium

“sun standing still”

Named after the summer or winter solstice, the longest or shortest day of the year.

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Is Solstice a girl's or a boy's name?

Solstice is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls and 8 boys in the US.

How popular is Solstice in the US?

Rank in 2025
#9,454among girls
Babies in 2025
10about 1 in 160,000 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, 10 girls in the US were named Solstice, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 2005. 8 boys were also named Solstice in 2025 (8,906th for boys).

2025 had fewer girls named Solstice than any year since 2018.

Half of all the girls named Solstice in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

2005Busiest: 17 in 20222025
Solstice in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202510#9,454
202417#6,639
202316#6,917
202217#6,702
202116#6,962
202011#8,948
201915#7,338
20187#12,459
201712#8,772
20165#16,210
20150–
20146#14,552
20138#11,964
20126#14,956
20110–
20106#14,953
20090–
20080–
20070–
20065#17,163
20056#14,495

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