Name profile

Soleil

A name meaning "sun".

PronunciationFrench /sɔ.lɛj/
Usage languagesFrench, Various
US rank (2025)#756

Meaning and history

Soleil is a French word meaning “sun,” and it is not commonly used as a given name in France itself.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 154 births, rank #1,449
2007: 195 births, rank #1,263
2008: 203 births, rank #1,238
2009: 192 births, rank #1,267
2010: 195 births, rank #1,234
20112011: 190 births, rank #1,257
2012: 179 births, rank #1,315
2013: 171 births, rank #1,362
2014: 153 births, rank #1,464
2015: 114 births, rank #1,823
20162016: 137 births, rank #1,605
2017: 133 births, rank #1,625
2018: 158 births, rank #1,413
2019: 208 births, rank #1,156
2020: 192 births, rank #1,198
20212021: 259 births, rank #993
2022: 268 births, rank #987
2023: 266 births, rank #971
2024: 334 births, rank #823
20252025: 358 births, rank #756

Soleil rose from #825 to #758 for girls between 2024 and 2025. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 358.