How Many People Are Named Solveig?
people named Solveig are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 484,801 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,057 babies named Solveig in Social Security records from 1909 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
33 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an Old Norse name which was derived from the elements sól "sun" and veig "strength". This is the name of the heroine in Henrik Ibsen's play 'Peer Gynt' (1876).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Solveig in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Solveig alive today is about 27 years old, and 68% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 44 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Solveig first appears in the records in 1909 and was given most often in 2021, to 33 babies. In 2025, 17 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1909 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Solveig has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,860, in 1916. In 2025 it ranked #6,790.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,790 |
| Best rank | #1,860 (1916) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #6,857 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Solveig alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Solveig were born in Minnesota than in any other state: about 78 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Solveig was given about 44.5 times as often in Minnesota.
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