girls:
136 births since 2005
#5580 (2nd percentile)
boys:
16 births since 2018
#4570 (0th percentile)
overall:
152 births since 2005
#7587 (2nd percentile)
The name Solstice is the #7,587 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 152 recorded births since 2005. This represents the 1.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,580 (2.3% percentile) for all time with 136 births since 2005. For boys, it ranks #4,570 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 16 births since 2018.
Solstice first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2005 (2005 for girls and 2018 for boys). Birth data for Solstice is available in 14 out of the 19 years between 2005 and 2023 (14 years for girls and 2 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Solstice has been given predominantly to girls, with 89.5% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Solstice were girls.
For girls, Solstice reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #946) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Solstice is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #936 (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million.
For boys, Solstice reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #919) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Solstice".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Solstice. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 36.6% confident that Solstice is pronounced as SAHL-stihs, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SAWL-stihs, at 31.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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