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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: rising fast

SolIn Hebrew: סול · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: סוֹל

Sol (Hebrew: סול) is a girl's name of international origin. 2,704 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 167 girls and ranked #119. Its peak year was 2022, with 201 babies.

People in Israel
2,704
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
167
rank #119
Peak year
2022
201 babies
USA, 2025
389
rank #722

Writing and saying Sol

In Hebrew letters the name is סול, read right to left. Sol is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Sol by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Sol: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Sol in English-speaking countries

Sol in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025389#7222025 (389)
United Kingdom20256#3,7762024 (8)
England and Wales20256#3,7042024 (8)
Alberta20253#1,2282025 (3)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Sol has every year and the other spellings.

Questions about Sol

How do you write Sol in Hebrew?

Sol is written סול in Hebrew (with vowel points: סוֹל). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Sol?

2,704 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name סול: 2,236 women and 468 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Sol a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 82.7% of the people named סול are women.

Is Sol used outside Israel?

The name Sol appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 389 girls were given it in 2025 (#722), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 6 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.