Girls' name · since 1880
Sallie
Sallie has 49,961 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1916 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #587 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,265 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 49,961
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Sallie currently ranks #4265 among girls' names in America, with 49,961 babies recorded since 1880.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sallie has been recorded 49,961 times among girls since 1880, currently ranked #4265 nationally and more common than 75% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1910s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #587 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,265 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 49,961 born since 1880
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sallie ranks #587 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,265 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 49,961 born since 1880, peaking in the 1910s.
- #587 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,265 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 49,961
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Sallie's 49,961 recorded births place it above 99.18% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
36 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by North Carolina.
How Sallie compares
49,961 Top 4% higher than 96% of 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
Sallie's all-time total is 133x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sallie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 49,961 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 912 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sallie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sallie's SSA record in two at 1953 and the more recent half accounts for 15% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 85%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2009, with only 15 births recorded -- set against the 1916 peak of 912, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sallie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1916)
- 912
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Sallie popularity over time - boys
135 total births recorded since 1897 (Sallie as boys' name)
Sallie by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (7,378 births, 15% of the file).
1910s was Sallie's strongest decade.
7,378 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 15% of all-time use.
Sallie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
4,840 births
- 1890s
1890s
5,580 births
- 1900s
1900s
5,306 births
- 1910s
1910s
7,378 births
- 1920s
1920s
7,309 births
- 1930s
1930s
5,460 births
- 1940s
1940s
5,128 births
- 1950s
1950s
3,991 births
- 1960s 2,284
1960s
2,284 births
- 1970s 882
1970s
882 births
- 1980s 659
1980s
659 births
- 1990s 451
1990s
451 births
- 2000s 319
2000s
319 births
- 2010s 239
2010s
239 births
- 2020s 135
2020s
135 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 7,378 births (15% of all-time use).
How Sallie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Sallie's total volume
Sallie by state
Where Sallie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 3,721 | 7.4% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 3,510 | 7.0% |
| #3 | South Carolina | | 2,877 | 5.8% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 2,685 | 5.4% |
| #5 | Virginia | | 2,169 | 4.3% |
| #6 | Mississippi | | 2,111 | 4.2% |
| #7 | Texas | | 1,766 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 1,406 | 2.8% |
3,721 of 49,961 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 36 reporting states.
Sallie appears in 36 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Sallie's data
- Sallie's decade-level peak was the 1910s (7,378 total births); usage has since declined to 135 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- North Carolina records the most Sallies (3,721 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sallie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1916)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Sallie 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.