Given name & surname
Soledad
“one who is solitary”
Soledad is a variant of Solita. One Latin interpretation is “one who is solitary.”
Original Spanishโซเลดัด
Meaning & origin
What it means
Soledad is a variant of Solita. One Latin interpretation is “one who is solitary.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1898. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Soledad through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,202
- 5 boys · 4,197 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 81 babies
- 2025
- 28
- #4,865 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +17%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 28 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,865 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 16.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 81 in 2006. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (11). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 10,465 as a first name in 2020; 729 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.
Soledad’s family of names
In Filipino usage, Soledad has a diminutive in Marisol. Soledad has a related form in Solita. Soledad has an affectionate form in Chole.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Soledad
- Soledad Garcíafield hockey playerborn 1981
- Soledad MirandaSpanish actress (1943-1970)
- Soledad PastoruttiArgentine folk singerborn 1980
- Soledad VillamilArgentine actress and singerborn 1969
- Soledad AcostaColombian writer (1833-1913)
- Soledad BravoVenezuelan musicianborn 1943
- Soledad AlvearChilean lawyer and Christian Democrat politicianborn 1950
- Soledad SevillaSpanish painter (born 1944)
- Soledad SilveyraArgentine actressborn 1952
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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