Girls' name · since 1966
Sala
285 babies named Sala in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,373 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,264 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 285
- born since 1966
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Sala is the #10264 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 285 recorded since 1966.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sala has been recorded 285 times among girls since 1966, currently ranked #10264 nationally and more common than 41% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 2025.
- #16,373 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,264 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 285 born since 1966
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sala ranks #16,373 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,264 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 285 born since 1966, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,373 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,264 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 285
- born since 1966
- 2010s
- peak decade
Sala's 285 recorded births place it above 77.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Sala compares
285 44th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sala's all-time total is 24% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sala | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 285 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sala's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sala's full recorded timeline at 2004, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1966, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1996 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sala popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–2025
- Peak year (1996)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 60 years of records
Sala by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (61 births, 21% of the file).
2010s was Sala's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Sala births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
54 births
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
38 births
- 2000s
2000s
58 births
- 2010s
2010s
61 births
- 2020s
2020s
57 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 61 births (21% of all-time use).
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- Sala's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (61 total births) through the 2020s (57) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sala: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~59 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1966–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sala draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.