Solly is a distinctive choice, ranked #3256 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Solly in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#3256
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About the Name Solly
Solly has never been more popular than it is right now, sitting at UK #1859. The name has climbed 2078 places in the last five years โ a significant surge by any measure. The name has been recorded in UK data since 2004.
Solly is rare in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Solly in their class.
โญ Famous People Named Solly
Solly March โ Solomon Benjamin March is an English professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion.
Chris Solly โ Christopher James Solly is an English former professional footballer who played as a right back.
Ruby Solly โ Dr Ruby Mae Hinepunui Solly is a New Zealand poet, taonga pลซoro practitioner, cellist, composer, music therapist and scriptwriter.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Solly
Unlikely. With around 6 UK babies named Solly per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Solly in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Solly is declining: down 296 places since 2020, to #3,256 in 2025. It peaked at #1,859 in 2024.
Solly is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Solly include: Solly March, Chris Solly and Ruby Solly. Short summaries for each appear below.
Solly does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice โ your child is unlikely to encounter American Sollys in the wild.
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UK babies named Solly (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↓ 296 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Solly
Almost certainly the only Solly in the class
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UK Popularity (2004–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Solly
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Edward Solly was an English merchant living in Berlin, who amassed an unprecedented collection of Italian Trecento and Quattrocento paintings and outstanding examples of Early Netherlandish painting, at a time when those schools were still largely unappreciated.