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
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1882 · 487 births
- Debut · girls
- 404 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 20 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 49,961since 1880
Sallie over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,265 | 33 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,962 | 20 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,549 | 22 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,793 | 21 | — | |
| 2021 | #5,955 | 20 | — | |
| 2020 | #6,083 | 19 | — | |
| 2019 | #6,176 | 19 | — | |
| 2018 | #5,315 | 24 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,517 | 23 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,734 | 29 | — | |
| 2015 | #5,288 | 25 | — | |
| 2014 | #5,163 | 26 | — | |
| 2013 | #6,729 | 18 | — | |
| 2012 | #4,387 | 33 | — | |
| 2011 | #5,358 | 25 | — | |
| 2010 | #7,217 | 17 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,058 | 15 | — | |
| 2008 | #5,013 | 29 | — | |
| 2007 | #5,526 | 25 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,734 | 41 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,809 | 38 | — | |
| 2004 | #4,387 | 31 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,034 | 33 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,978 | 32 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,486 | 38 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,527 | 37 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,443 | 36 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,929 | 44 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,977 | 40 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,966 | 40 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,735 | 44 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,038 | 38 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,725 | 44 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,459 | 52 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,320 | 55 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,201 | 58 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,027 | 62 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,986 | 60 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,899 | 60 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,802 | 63 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,833 | 61 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,565 | 72 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,644 | 67 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,755 | 63 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,641 | 70 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,482 | 81 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,431 | 85 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,633 | 65 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,559 | 69 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,397 | 76 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,229 | 93 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,185 | 94 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,220 | 87 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,181 | 91 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,148 | 101 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,020 | 121 | — | |
| 1969 | #994 | 118 | — | |
| 1968 | #846 | 145 | — | |
| 1967 | #865 | 137 | — | |
| 1966 | #748 | 172 | — | |
| 1965 | #695 | 200 | — | |
| 1964 | #632 | 260 | — | |
| 1963 | #654 | 240 | — | |
| 1962 | #579 | 290 | — | |
| 1961 | #514 | 361 | — | |
| 1960 | #508 | 361 | — | |
| 1959 | #529 | 335 | — | |
| 1958 | #537 | 328 | — | |
| 1957 | #503 | 357 | — | |
| 1956 | #515 | 330 | — | |
| 1955 | #464 | 382 | — | |
| 1954 | #418 | 431 | — | |
| 1953 | #414 | 432 | — | |
| 1952 | #396 | 439 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #367 | 483 | — | |
| 1950 | #367 | 474 | — | |
| 1949 | #356 | 488 | — | |
| 1948 | #345 | 503 | — | |
| 1947 | #315 | 605 | — | |
| 1946 | #326 | 528 | — | |
| 1945 | #313 | 462 | — | |
| 1944 | #299 | 507 | — | |
| 1943 | #305 | 523 | — | |
| 1942 | #295 | 533 | — | |
| 1941 | #289 | 500 | — | |
| 1940 | #287 | 479 | — | |
| 1939 | #273 | 512 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #261 | 582 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | #280 | 493 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #266 | 521 | — | |
| 1935 | #258 | 588 | — | |
| 1934 | #266 | 539 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #255 | 569 | — | |
| 1932 | #267 | 555 | — | |
| 1931 | #267 | 537 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #263 | 564 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | #253 | 624 | — | |
| 1928 | #256 | 635 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | #258 | 654 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #249 | 689 | #3,139 | 8 |
| 1925 | #233 | 791 | — | |
| 1924 | #234 | 783 | — | |
| 1923 | #230 | 791 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #238 | 757 | — | |
| 1921 | #233 | 782 | — | |
| 1920 | #230 | 803 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #208 | 897 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #216 | 850 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #214 | 807 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #196 | 912 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #212 | 781 | — | |
| 1914 | #178 | 760 | #2,651 | 7 |
| 1913 | #178 | 656 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #164 | 637 | #2,269 | 6 |
| 1911 | #159 | 509 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | #144 | 569 | — | |
| 1909 | #150 | 472 | — | |
| 1908 | #141 | 489 | — | |
| 1907 | #135 | 492 | — | |
| 1906 | #120 | 520 | — | |
| 1905 | #105 | 607 | — | |
| 1904 | #122 | 483 | — | |
| 1903 | #110 | 523 | — | |
| 1902 | #108 | 556 | — | |
| 1901 | #109 | 488 | — | |
| 1900 | #98 | 676 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | #100 | 544 | #928 | 6 |
| 1898 | #100 | 598 | — | |
| 1897 | #97 | 545 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | #101 | 498 | — | |
| 1895 | #92 | 573 | — | |
| 1894 | #90 | 584 | — | |
| 1893 | #94 | 516 | — | |
| 1892 | #84 | 582 | — | |
| 1891 | #75 | 569 | — | |
| 1890 | #80 | 571 | — | |
| 1889 | #77 | 525 | — | |
| 1888 | #70 | 633 | — | |
| 1887 | #68 | 525 | — | |
| 1886 | #73 | 490 | — | |
| 1885 | #73 | 457 | — | |
| 1884 | #69 | 494 | — | |
| 1883 | #72 | 409 | — | |
| 1882 | #63 | 487 | — | |
| 1881 | #63 | 416 | — | |
| 1880 | #64 | 404 | — | |
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.
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 4,840 | #63 (1882) | #69 |
| 1890s | 5,580 | #75 (1891) | #91 |
| 1900s | 5,306 | #98 (1900) | #120 |
| 1910s | 7,378 | #144 (1910) | #187 |
| 1920s | 7,309 | #230 (1920) | #241 |
| 1930s | 5,460 | #255 (1933) | #266 |
| 1940s | 5,128 | #287 (1940) | #313 |
| 1950s | 3,991 | #367 (1951) | #451 |
| 1960s | 2,284 | #508 (1960) | #704 |
| 1970s | 882 | #1,020 (1970) | #1,300 |
| 1980s | 659 | #1,482 (1980) | #1,763 |
| 1990s | 451 | #2,201 (1990) | #2,779 |
| 2000s | 319 | #3,486 (2001) | #4,555 |
| 2010s | 239 | #4,387 (2012) | #5,588 |
| 2020s | 135 | #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 1941
girls
#289
500 births · 1 in 2,416 girls
Top girls' names in 1941
More about 1941
girls
1,208,119 girls got a published name in 1941; 1 in 2,416 of them was named Sallie, which outranked 94.3% of the 5,085 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Sallie
Biggest movers since 1940
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.