Girls' name · since 1914
Sallee
Sallee has 321 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1956 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,364 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 321
- born since 1914
- 1950s
- peak decade
Sallee is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 321 have been recorded since 1914.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sallee has been recorded 321 times among girls since 1914, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1992.
- #15,364 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 321 born since 1914
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sallee ranks #15,364 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 321 born since 1914, peaking in the 1950s.
- #15,364 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 321
- born since 1914
- 1950s
- peak decade
Sallee's 321 recorded births place it above 78.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sallee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sallee's SSA record in two at 1949 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1914, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1956 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sallee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1992
- Peak year (1956)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 79 years of records
Sallee by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (89 births, 28% of the file).
1950s was Sallee's strongest decade.
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Sallee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 10
1910s
10 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s
1930s
77 births
- 1940s
1940s
84 births
- 1950s
1950s
89 births
- 1960s 35
1960s
35 births
- 1970s 16
1970s
16 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 89 births (28% of all-time use).
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- Sallee's decade-level peak was the 1950s (89 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- 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 Sallee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1956)
Similar record span (~78 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, 1914–1992 (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 Sallee 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.