Salley — girls' name

What the Data Says About Salley

The Social Security Administration has registered 416 babies named Salley between 1894 and 1985, spanning 92 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Salley currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1985. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Salley performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 90 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Salley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Salley in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Salley in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 416 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.