Sally is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1947 and has since faded.
Sally is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,158 for girl births in the United States (and #2,206 across all names), given to 201 babies. Sally was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1947 (5,265 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 201 | 201 | #1,158 | — |
| 2024 | 225 | 225 | #1,096 | — |
| 2023 | 171 | 171 | #1,329 | — |
| 2022 | 176 | 176 | #1,340 | — |
| 2021 | 192 | 192 | #1,228 | — |
| 2020 | 200 | 200 | #1,169 | — |
| 2019 | 161 | 161 | #1,402 | — |
| 2018 | 195 | 195 | #1,212 | — |
| 2017 | 245 | 245 | #1,053 | — |
| 2016 | 211 | 211 | #1,187 | — |
| 2015 | 222 | 222 | #1,141 | — |
| 2014 | 209 | 209 | #1,177 | — |
| 2013 | 218 | 218 | #1,120 | — |
| 2012 | 208 | 208 | #1,186 | — |
| 2011 | 212 | 212 | #1,159 | — |
| 2010 | 214 | 214 | #1,145 | — |
| 2009 | 227 | 227 | #1,120 | — |
| 2008 | 227 | 227 | #1,136 | — |
| 2007 | 253 | 253 | #1,043 | — |
| 2006 | 244 | 244 | #1,053 | — |
| 2005 | 244 | 244 | #1,003 | — |
| 2004 | 265 | 265 | #917 | — |
| 2003 | 226 | 226 | #1,023 | — |
| 2002 | 263 | 263 | #871 | — |
| 2001 | 301 | 301 | #787 | — |
| 2000 | 332 | 332 | #705 | — |
| 1999 | 327 | 327 | #690 | — |
| 1998 | 328 | 328 | #691 | — |
| 1997 | 337 | — | #656 | — |
| 1996 | 365 | — | #624 | — |
| 1995 | 390 | — | #586 | — |
| 1994 | 399 | — | #576 | — |
| 1993 | 445 | — | #538 | — |
| 1992 | 501 | — | #495 | #9,559 |
| 1991 | 536 | — | #462 | #8,065 |
| 1990 | 555 | — | #450 | #7,936 |
| 1989 | 536 | — | #453 | — |
| 1988 | 543 | — | #428 | — |
| 1987 | 533 | — | #424 | #7,923 |
| 1986 | 592 | — | #390 | — |
| 1985 | 567 | — | #399 | — |
| 1984 | 615 | — | #372 | — |
| 1983 | 660 | — | #345 | — |
| 1982 | 633 | — | #367 | — |
| 1981 | 718 | — | #334 | #7,088 |
| 1980 | 746 | — | #327 | #6,108 |
| 1979 | 735 | — | #321 | — |
| 1978 | 779 | — | #296 | — |
| 1977 | 789 | — | #304 | — |
| 1976 | 906 | — | #264 | #4,838 |
| 1975 | 956 | — | #256 | #4,699 |
| 1974 | 964 | — | #265 | #4,555 |
| 1973 | 951 | — | #262 | — |
| 1972 | 908 | — | #283 | — |
| 1971 | 1,061 | — | #272 | — |
| 1970 | 1,256 | — | #249 | #3,478 |
| 1969 | 1,316 | — | #231 | #3,875 |
| 1968 | 1,411 | — | #216 | #3,067 |
| 1967 | 1,638 | — | #193 | — |
| 1966 | 1,839 | — | #179 | #4,431 |
| 1965 | 2,326 | — | #162 | #3,202 |
| 1964 | 2,718 | — | #149 | #2,816 |
| 1963 | 2,755 | — | #147 | #2,648 |
| 1962 | 3,185 | — | #136 | #2,817 |
| 1961 | 3,468 | — | #133 | #3,998 |
| 1960 | 3,766 | — | #123 | #2,519 |
| 1959 | 4,077 | — | #114 | #3,003 |
| 1958 | 4,320 | — | #112 | #2,159 |
| 1957 | 4,005 | — | #115 | #2,472 |
| 1956 | 4,356 | — | #105 | #2,768 |
| 1955 | 4,698 | — | #95 | #2,727 |
| 1954 | 5,083 | — | #84 | #4,285 |
| 1953 | 5,194 | — | #81 | #2,512 |
| 1952 | 5,047 | — | #81 | #2,653 |
| 1951 | 5,149 | — | #77 | #2,479 |
| 1950 | 4,876 | — | #78 | #3,627 |
| 1949 | 4,783 | — | #77 | #2,587 |
| 1948 | 5,022 | — | #72 | #2,591 |
| 1947 | 5,279 | — | #70 | #2,150 |
| 1946 | 4,856 | — | #67 | #2,015 |
| 1945 | 3,982 | — | #64 | — |
| 1944 | 4,402 | — | #59 | #1,969 |
| 1943 | 4,684 | — | #57 | #1,428 |
| 1942 | 4,678 | — | #56 | #1,488 |
| 1941 | 3,986 | — | #61 | #1,522 |
| 1940 | 3,823 | — | #61 | #1,560 |
| 1939 | 4,259 | — | #52 | #1,862 |
| 1938 | 4,290 | — | #54 | #2,163 |
| 1937 | 3,951 | — | #59 | #1,340 |
| 1936 | 3,655 | — | #59 | #1,535 |
| 1935 | 3,726 | — | #58 | #1,907 |
| 1934 | 3,738 | — | #62 | #2,105 |
| 1933 | 3,164 | — | #76 | #1,697 |
| 1932 | 2,929 | — | #84 | #2,301 |
| 1931 | 2,570 | — | #97 | #2,199 |
| 1930 | 2,556 | — | #98 | #2,157 |
| 1929 | 2,220 | — | #112 | #3,206 |
| 1928 | 1,897 | — | #128 | #4,083 |
| 1927 | 1,640 | — | #147 | #2,878 |
| 1926 | 1,474 | — | #160 | #2,878 |
| 1925 | 1,317 | — | #173 | #3,683 |
| 1924 | 1,153 | — | #190 | #3,459 |
| 1923 | 1,004 | — | #201 | #4,786 |
| 1922 | 972 | — | #204 | — |
| 1921 | 891 | — | #214 | — |
| 1920 | 965 | — | #203 | #3,765 |
| 1919 | 991 | — | #192 | — |
| 1918 | 1,094 | — | #184 | #3,324 |
| 1917 | 1,038 | — | #184 | #2,912 |
| 1916 | 1,226 | — | #162 | #4,418 |
| 1915 | 1,127 | — | #163 | #3,763 |
| 1914 | 1,065 | — | #139 | — |
| 1913 | 888 | — | #138 | #2,064 |
| 1912 | 821 | — | #136 | — |
| 1911 | 535 | — | #151 | — |
| 1910 | 553 | — | #147 | — |
| 1909 | 470 | — | #152 | — |
| 1908 | 443 | — | #154 | — |
| 1907 | 387 | — | #162 | — |
| 1906 | 358 | — | #161 | — |
| 1905 | 303 | — | #173 | — |
| 1904 | 278 | — | #176 | — |
| 1903 | 288 | — | #169 | — |
| 1902 | 266 | — | #175 | — |
| 1901 | 214 | — | #196 | — |
| 1900 | 287 | — | #183 | — |
| 1899 | 185 | — | #203 | — |
| 1898 | 199 | — | #206 | — |
| 1897 | 206 | — | #193 | — |
| 1896 | 185 | — | #206 | — |
| 1895 | 162 | — | #214 | — |
| 1894 | 168 | — | #206 | — |
| 1893 | 134 | — | #226 | — |
| 1892 | 160 | — | #199 | — |
| 1891 | 115 | — | #225 | — |
| 1890 | 154 | — | #193 | — |
| 1889 | 123 | — | #207 | — |
| 1888 | 142 | — | #189 | — |
| 1887 | 112 | — | #189 | — |
| 1886 | 104 | — | #194 | — |
| 1885 | 107 | — | #179 | — |
| 1884 | 95 | — | #186 | — |
| 1883 | 73 | — | #203 | — |
| 1882 | 95 | — | #165 | — |
| 1881 | 79 | — | #170 | — |
| 1880 | 80 | — | #166 | — |