Girls' name · since 1926
Salle
111 babies named Salle in U.S. Social Security records since 1926, with the highest year being 1926. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,999 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 111
- born since 1926
- 1940s
- peak decade
111 girls have been named Salle since 1926, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Salle has been recorded 111 times among girls since 1926, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1926 to 1963.
- #25,999 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 111 born since 1926
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Salle ranks #25,999 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 111 born since 1926, peaking in the 1940s.
- #25,999 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 111
- born since 1926
- 1940s
- peak decade
Salle's 111 recorded births place it above 64.02% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Salle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Salle splits its recorded history at 1946: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1931 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1926 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Salle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1926–1963
- Peak year (1926)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Salle by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (39 births, 35% of the file).
1940s was Salle's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Salle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 8
1920s
8 births
- 1930s
1930s
26 births
- 1940s
1940s
39 births
- 1950s
1950s
27 births
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 39 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Salle's decade-level peak was the 1940s (39 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Salle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1926)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1926–1963 (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 Salle 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.