NameTrendsU.S. Baby Name Data

Sally Girls

The U.S. popularity history of Sally: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 205,229 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
205,229
Peak year
1947 #70
Years on the list
146
10-year trend
-4.6%

In the 1940s · Most used in PA in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

YearBirthsRank
2011212#1159
2012208#1186
2013218#1120
2014209#1177
2015222#1141
2016211#1187
2017245#1053
2018195#1212
2019161#1402
2020200#1169
2021192#1228
2022176#1340
2023171#1329
2024225#1096
2025201#1158

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1947

PA
472
OH
412
CA
406
NY
402
MI
389
IL
318

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