It’s hard to predict the rises and falls of popularity especially for rarer names but we can look at names with a similar sound profile and we see in the US in 2024:
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Solana[/name_f] #691[name_f][/name_f] (409 babies)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Sol[/name_m] #819[name_f][/name_f] (336 babies)
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Soleil[/name_f] #824[name_f][/name_f] (332 babies)
As well as the more familiar:
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Selena[/name_f] #245
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Serena[/name_f] #332
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Selene[/name_f] #675
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Celina[/name_f] #698
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Celine[/name_f] #227
[name_f]Solene[/name_f] is currently outside the top 1000 but there were 116 babies named [name_f]Solene[/name_f] last year. For reference, this is the same number of babies who were named [name_f]Yasmina[/name_f] and [name_f]Beatriz[/name_f] (117 babies names [name_f]Venus[/name_f], [name_f]Sedona[/name_f] ans Idalia). So I wouldn’t be surprised at all if [name_f]Solene[/name_f] was used more frequently rather than less as time goes on. The question is by how much.
[name_f][/name_f]The sound would appeal to parents wanting a sleek, feminine name like [name_f]Selena[/name_f], perhaps with a fantasy vibe, but searching for something less popular. Names ending in the ‘n’ sound are generally less popular than their vowel counterparts. I could see it following [name_f]Soleil[/name_f] and [name_f]Solana[/name_f] and potentially entering the top 1000 but I wouldn’t expect it to ever rise as high as the top 100, or even top 200. It feels a bit too niche, especially with the [name_f]French[/name_f] pronunciation adding some difficulty.
[name_f][/name_f]Would you still love it if it became a bit more familiar? I doubt it would ever become so popular that you would bump into others at the playground or at school.