Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Asturian usage, Sole is a diminutive of Soledá.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sole through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 561
- 0 boys · 561 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 46 babies
- 2025
- 18
- #6,519 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +71%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 18 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,519 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 70.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 46 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 574 as a first name in 2020; 1,573 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sole’s family of names
In Asturian usage, Sole is a diminutive of Soledá. In Greek usage, Sole as a surname is a transliteration of Σολέ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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