Given name
Solimar
“sun and sea”
Solimar is a given name from Spanish. It is used in Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Solimar goes back to Spanish Solymar, meaning “sun and sea.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Solimar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 479
- 0 boys · 479 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #8,288 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +17%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,288 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 17.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 633 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Solimar’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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