Solar

Popularity Trends

The name Solar is the #7,596 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 143 recorded births since 2018. This represents the 1.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,512 (1.6% percentile) for all time with 74 births since 2018. For girls, it ranks #5,647 (1.2% percentile) for all time with 69 births since 2019.

Solar first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2018 (2018 for boys and 2019 for girls).

The name Solar is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 52.9% of babies named Solar were boys.

For boys, Solar reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #909) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Solar ranks #898 for boys (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 92.1% of its peak share of births.

For girls, Solar reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #929) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Solar is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #936 (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Solar".

2018 2023 20182023

Key Statistics

Total Births

Peak Births

Peak Year

2020

First Recorded

2019

Peak Percentile

1.2%

Current Percentile

1.2%

Peak Rank

#929

Current Rank

#936

Female statistics

Total Births

Peak Births

Peak Year

2022

First Recorded

2018

Peak Percentile

1.6%

Current Percentile

1.4%

Peak Rank

#909

Current Rank

#898

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Solar", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Solar.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Solar's popularity from 2015 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts. For less common names, correlations may be less meaningful because we only have data for years in which at least 5 births of the same gender were recorded.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Solar at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Solar range from Izla at 99.6% correlation to Atreyus at 98.6% correlation, with an average correlation level of 99.0%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Amoura with 2.1K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Izla with 38 births (100% girls).

Solar's share of births peaked at 19 births per million in 2022 (9.1 for girls in 2020 and 10.7 for boys in 2022). It reached its lowest point of 2.6 births per million (14% of peak) in 2018. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Solar had 19 births per million, 100% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

99.62% (very strong)

99.24% (very strong)

99.13% (very strong)

99.11% (very strong)

2,098

99.07% (very strong)

Truu

166

99.05% (very strong)

Mav

98.97% (very strong)

Khalyla

156

98.91% (very strong)

Amnen

133

98.88% (very strong)

Cevyn

150

98.84% (very strong)

Normani

280

98.75% (very strong)

Atreyus

98.62% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Solar

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Solar. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 88.6% confident that Solar is pronounced as SOH-ler, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SOH-lahr, at 11.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.

SOH-ler

88.6%

SOH-lahr

11.4%

SOH-ler (2 syllables)

Verified

88.6% confidence

S OW1 L ER0

SOH-lahr (2 syllables)

11.4% confidence

S OW1 L AA0 R

Possible Additional Pronunciations

If none of the pronunciations above sound right to you, could you please check whether any of these related pronunciations should be applied to the name Solar? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Solar. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Solar, please vote using the thumbs up button.

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like S OW1 L ER0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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