Sallie

#4,265 for girls in 2025, 33 births · Last seen for boys in 1952 at #3,734
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1882 · 487 births
Debut · girls
404 births
In top 100 · girls
20 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
49,961
since 1880

Sallie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201913peak #63, 1882girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,26533
2024#5,96220
2023#5,54922
2022#5,79321
2021#5,95520
2020#6,08319
2019#6,17619
2018#5,31524
2017#5,51723
2016#4,73429
2015#5,28825
2014#5,16326
2013#6,72918
2012#4,38733
2011#5,35825
2010#7,21717
2009#8,05815
2008#5,01329
2007#5,52625
2006#3,73441
2005#3,80938
2004#4,38731
2003#4,03433
2002#3,97832
2001#3,48638
2000#3,52737
1999#3,44336
1998#2,92944
1997#2,97740
1996#2,96640
1995#2,73544
1994#3,03838
1993#2,72544
1992#2,45952
1991#2,32055
1990#2,20158
1989#2,02762
1988#1,98660
1987#1,89960
1986#1,80263
1985#1,83361
1984#1,56572
1983#1,64467
1982#1,75563
1981#1,64170
1980#1,48281
1979#1,43185
1978#1,63365
1977#1,55969
1976#1,39776
1975#1,22993
1974#1,18594
1973#1,22087
1972#1,18191
1971#1,148101
1970#1,020121
1969#994118
1968#846145
1967#865137
1966#748172
1965#695200
1964#632260
1963#654240
1962#579290
1961#514361
1960#508361
1959#529335
1958#537328
1957#503357
1956#515330
1955#464382
1954#418431
1953#414432
1952#396439#3,7345
1951#367483
1950#367474
1949#356488
1948#345503
1947#315605
1946#326528
1945#313462
1944#299507
1943#305523
1942#295533
1941#289500
1940#287479
1939#273512#3,4805
1938#261582#3,1756
1937#280493#3,1756
1936#266521
1935#258588
1934#266539#3,6795
1933#255569
1932#267555
1931#267537#3,7635
1930#263564#2,7819
1929#253624
1928#256635#3,3577
1927#258654#4,2105
1926#249689#3,1398
1925#233791
1924#234783
1923#230791#3,4677
1922#238757
1921#233782
1920#230803#3,8156
1919#208897#4,1685
1918#216850#4,1795
1917#214807#3,9815
1916#196912#3,8975
1915#212781
1914#178760#2,6517
1913#178656#2,4966
1912#164637#2,2696
1911#159509#1,5376
1910#144569
1909#150472
1908#141489
1907#135492
1906#120520
1905#105607
1904#122483
1903#110523
1902#108556
1901#109488
1900#98676#1,3105
1899#100544#9286
1898#100598
1897#97545#1,0575
1896#101498
1895#92573
1894#90584
1893#94516
1892#84582
1891#75569
1890#80571
1889#77525
1888#70633
1887#68525
1886#73490
1885#73457
1884#69494
1883#72409
1882#63487
1881#63416
1880#64404
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Sallie was already there! It came in at #64, and was given to 404 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2009–2010, when fewer than 18 girls a year got the name.

See more about Sallie
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 1,697 spots since 2024 (#5,962#4,265)
  • 1,818 spots since 2020 (#6,083#4,265)
  • 1,023 spots since 2015 (#5,288#4,265)
  • Biggest jump: 22 spots in 1964 (#654#632)
  • Biggest drop: 148 spots in 1969 (#846#994)
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #63 (487 births)
  • Births halved by 1963, 81 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 20 yrs · run 1880–1895
  • Top 1,000: 90 yrs · run 1880–1969
Share of babies · girls
1 in 221
  • Highest: 1 in 221 girls born in 1881 were named Sallie (0.45%)
  • Latest: 1 in 48,705 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #63 in 1882, was only 1 in 221 (0.45%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 14.8% of all girls named Sallie (7,378) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s4,840#63 (1882)#69
1890s5,580#75 (1891)#91
1900s5,306#98 (1900)#120
1910s7,378#144 (1910)#187
1920s7,309#230 (1920)#241
1930s5,460#255 (1933)#266
1940s5,128#287 (1940)#313
1950s3,991#367 (1951)#451
1960s2,284#508 (1960)#704
1970s882#1,020 (1970)#1,300
1980s659#1,482 (1980)#1,763
1990s451#2,201 (1990)#2,779
2000s319#3,486 (2001)#4,555
2010s239#4,387 (2012)#5,588
2020s135#4,265 (2025)#5,601

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Sallie in 1913

girls
#178
656 births · 1 in 952 girls
boys
#2,496
6 births · 1 in 85,428 boys

Top girls' names in 1913

  1. #1Mary36,642
  2. #2Helen18,888
  3. #3Dorothy14,674
  4. #4Margaret14,486
  5. #5Ruth12,609
  6. #6Mildred9,921
  7. #7Anna9,687
  8. #8Elizabeth9,505
  9. #9Frances7,694
  10. #10Marie7,353
  11. #178Sallie656

Top boys' names in 1913

  1. #1John29,329
  2. #2William23,538
  3. #3James20,832
  4. #4Robert15,684
  5. #5Joseph14,471
  6. #6George13,874
  7. #7Charles13,191
  8. #8Edward9,474
  9. #9Frank9,237
  10. #10Thomas7,096
  11. #2,496Sallie6
More about 1913

girls

624,546 girls got a published name in 1913; 1 in 952 of them was named Sallie, which outranked 95.2% of the 3,707 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sallie
  1. #175Essie662
  2. #176Dorothea658
  3. #177Isabel657
  4. #178Sallie656
  5. #179Maude655
  6. #180Bonnie648
  7. #181Antoinette646
Biggest movers since 1912
Risers
  1. 963Dominga#1,844#881
  2. 931Stacia#1,844#913
  3. 576Olympia#1,477#901
  4. 559Lilah#1,540#981
  5. 445Elfrieda#1,297#852
Fallers
  1. 806Karen#960#1,766
  2. 572Erie#833#1,405
  3. 559Gertha#846#1,405
  4. 527Lossie#938#1,465
  5. 505Ardelia#960#1,465

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

512,566 boys got a published name in 1913; 1 in 85,428 of them was named Sallie, which outranked 23.5% of the 3,261 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sallie
  1. #2,273Wladyslaw7
  2. #2,273Woodruff7
  3. #2,273York7
  4. #2,496Sallie6
  5. #2,496Acel6
  6. #2,496Ada6
  7. #2,496Addis6
  8. #2,821Abb5
  9. #2,821Abbott5
  10. #2,821Abney5

Tied with 324 names at #2,496; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1912
Risers
  1. 1,050Mathias#1,885#835
  2. 935Hymen#1,885#950
  3. 796Waldemar#1,746#950
  4. 751Rolf#1,746#995
  5. 689Domenico#1,619#930
Fallers
  1. 975Holland#970#1,945
  2. 885Cameron#918#1,803
  3. 868Larue#935#1,803
  4. 726Irene#854#1,580
  5. 688Hughie#892#1,580

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1913