Solon
About 1,351 American babies have been named Solon since 1880, most of them around 1916. In 2025 it ranked 12,008th. About 590 Solons are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 32.
Popularity, 1880–2025
boys named Solon
By the numbers
- Total US births
- 1,351
- Estimated living today
- 590
- Median age today
- 32
- Peak year
- 1916
- Best rank
- 1,138th
- Rank in 2025
- 12,008th
- First recorded
- 1880
How old the living Solons are
born that year still alive today
Of the 1,351 babies given the name since 1880, about 590 are alive — 43 in every hundred. The dotted line is the median: half were born before 1993 and half after.
An estimate, not a count. SSA births aged forward through SSA cohort life tables, which know nothing about who left the country or arrived in it — so for a name that mostly came to America rather than being born in it, this is a floor rather than a figure. Where you fall among living Americans.
Notable Solons
- Solon (629 BC–559 BC)Athenian legislator
- Solon Irving Bailey (1854–1931)American astronomer
- Solon Borland (1808–1864)American politician
- Solon Borglum (1868–1922)American artist
People named Solon with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Where Solon is most common
Total births recorded in each state since 1910. Browse names by state.
Names of 1916
The most popular boys’ names the year Solon peaked:
Related names
Solon against another name
Two names on one chart, with the year one overtook the other.
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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.