Sole
Sole is a name with a single cultural origin: Italian.
- Italian
Meaning & Origin of Sole
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sole is a name with a single cultural origin: Italian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
The Story of Sole
Sole first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1999, with 10 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2000: 46 births, good for #3,020 nationwide. About 50% of every Sole on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Sole ranks #6,226 for baby girls with 19 births, rising sharply (+51% over the past five years). All told, over 579 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Sole
Sole is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1999 and has accumulated 579 births in the dataset. Sole's peak popularity came in 2000 when it ranked #3,020. Use the chart and map above to compare Sole's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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