Solly
Solly is a given name, nickname and a surname. It may refer to:
- Jewish
Meaning & Origin of Solly
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Solly is a given name, nickname and a surname. It may refer to:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Jewish
The Story of Solly
American parents first put Solly on the record books as a baby boy name in 1913, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1917, when 12 Sollys were born — ranking #2,280 that year. About 51% of every Solly on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Solly last appeared in the published SSA data in 2020, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 148 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Solly
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Solly. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Solly
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About the name Solly
Solly is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1913 and has accumulated 148 births in the dataset. Solly's peak popularity came in 1917 when it ranked #2,280. Use the chart and map above to compare Solly'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.