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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201926peak #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 1926

girls
#249
689 births · 1 in 1,720 girls
boys
#3,139
8 births · 1 in 138,813 boys

Top girls' names in 1926

  1. #1Mary67,832
  2. #2Dorothy36,618
  3. #3Betty32,964
  4. #4Helen26,886
  5. #5Margaret23,072
  6. #6Ruth20,225
  7. #7Doris16,295
  8. #8Virginia16,161
  9. #9Mildred13,547
  10. #10Frances13,355
  11. #249Sallie689

Top boys' names in 1926

  1. #1Robert61,130
  2. #2John56,108
  3. #3James53,196
  4. #4William51,922
  5. #5Charles29,521
  6. #6George25,910
  7. #7Richard25,143
  8. #8Joseph23,756
  9. #9Donald20,912
  10. #10Edward19,375
  11. #3,139Sallie8
More about 1926

girls

1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 1,720 of them was named Sallie, which outranked 95.6% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sallie
  1. #246Cecilia717
  2. #247Iva711
  3. #248Sue697
  4. #249Sallie689
  5. #249Corinne689
  6. #251Cecelia685
  7. #252Adele682
  8. #253Ina677

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. 1,047Janell#1,795#748
  2. 389Madalyn#1,225#836
  3. 382Evangelina#1,324#942
  4. 379Carla#1,252#873
  5. 351Vilma#1,020#669
Fallers
  1. 597Albertine#944#1,541
  2. 462Cleora#895#1,357
  3. 461Lorrayne#988#1,449
  4. 453Hermina#996#1,449
  5. 307Ethelene#913#1,220

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

boys

1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 138,813 of them was named Sallie, which outranked 35.1% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sallie
  1. #2,904Wirt9
  2. #2,904York9
  3. #2,904Zygmunt9
  4. #3,139Sallie8
  5. #3,139Adolphe8
  6. #3,139Alen8
  7. #3,139Algird8
  8. #3,385Abelino7
  9. #3,385Ad7
  10. #3,385Adalbert7

Tied with 245 names at #3,139; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. 477Jonnie#1,332#855
  2. 433Jorge#1,425#992
  3. 410Faustino#1,390#980
  4. 404Adelbert#1,246#842
  5. 381Cameron#1,164#783
Fallers
  1. 531Okey#984#1,515
  2. 459Florentino#973#1,432
  3. 407Rexford#924#1,331
  4. 380Marshal#973#1,353
  5. 378Coolidge#746#1,124

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

See the top 100 for 1926