Sally — #1098 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Sally

The Social Security Administration has registered 205,026 babies named Sally between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sally currently holds the #1098 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 5,265 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sally performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 46,706 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Sally shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 17,899 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Sally in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sally 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 205,026 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.