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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201917peak #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 1917

girls
#214
807 births · 1 in 1,340 girls
boys
#3,981
5 births · 1 in 185,096 boys

Top girls' names in 1917

  1. #1Mary64,280
  2. #2Helen34,251
  3. #3Dorothy28,852
  4. #4Margaret25,560
  5. #5Ruth23,568
  6. #6Mildred16,256
  7. #7Anna15,160
  8. #8Elizabeth15,131
  9. #9Frances14,363
  10. #10Virginia14,261
  11. #214Sallie807

Top boys' names in 1917

  1. #1John51,852
  2. #2William42,422
  3. #3James37,337
  4. #4Robert35,220
  5. #5Joseph24,761
  6. #6George24,196
  7. #7Charles24,143
  8. #8Edward17,501
  9. #9Frank15,768
  10. #10Thomas12,611
  11. #3,981Sallie5
More about 1917

girls

1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 1,340 of them was named Sallie, which outranked 96.0% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sallie
  1. #211Addie836
  2. #212Lela828
  3. #213Rosalie809
  4. #214Sallie807
  5. #215Carol798
  6. #216Selma786
  7. #217Alta783
Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 549Georgene#1,445#896
  2. 380Ottie#1,332#952
  3. 365Louis#1,298#933
  4. 334Valentine#1,298#964
  5. 322Harold#1,210#888
Fallers
  1. 401Ceola#840#1,241
  2. 373Floretta#964#1,337
  3. 344Buelah#993#1,337
  4. 326Glennie#915#1,241
  5. 290Maye#915#1,205

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

boys

925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 185,096 of them was named Sallie, which outranked 13.5% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sallie
  1. #3,545York6
  2. #3,545Zed6
  3. #3,545Zion6
  4. #3,981Sallie5
  5. #3,981Abbie5
  6. #3,981Abelardo5
  7. #3,981Abran5

Tied with 621 names at #3,981; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 520Nicolas#1,304#784
  2. 469Hezekiah#1,415#946
  3. 433Hilliard#1,415#982
  4. 404Rayford#1,304#900
  5. 338Minoru#1,335#997
Fallers
  1. 1,738Tatsuo#824#2,562
  2. 709Berlin#984#1,693
  3. 556Prentice#972#1,528
  4. 473Manning#964#1,437
  5. 457Lovell#939#1,396

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

See the top 100 for 1917