Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Salley

#12,294 most common girls' name of all time · #20,381 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1894–1985

Rank among girls
#12,294
Rank overall
#20,381 of 105,966
First appeared
1894
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
416
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1952 #2,611
Best rank
#1,482 1894
Girls Boys peak 17/yr
19001920194019601980

Salley first appears in 1894. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1985 8 — 8 #7,625
1978 8 — 8 #7,020
1976 6 — 6 #8,236
1975 5 — 5 #9,180
1973 7 — 7 #6,760
1970 5 — 5 #8,112
1969 9 — 9 #5,109
1968 6 — 6 #6,338
1964 7 — 7 #5,536
1962 8 — 8 #4,920
1961 7 — 7 #5,380
1960 10 — 10 #4,244
1958 5 — 5 #6,220
1957 6 — 6 #5,473
1956 8 — 8 #4,527
1955 17 — 17 #2,757
1954 8 — 8 #4,344
1953 7 — 7 #4,660
1952 17 — 17 #2,611
1951 13 — 13 #2,987
1950 9 — 9 #3,722
1949 13 — 13 #2,892
1948 8 — 8 #3,954
1947 6 — 6 #4,846
1946 13 — 13 #2,774
1944 9 — 9 #3,207
1943 5 — 5 #4,812
1942 16 — 16 #2,250
1941 7 — 7 #3,651
1940 8 — 8 #3,287
1939 11 — 11 #2,644
1938 6 — 6 #3,951
1937 7 — 7 #3,517
1936 9 — 9 #2,948
1935 8 — 8 #3,234
1934 5 — 5 #4,410
1932 5 — 5 #4,553
1930 8 — 8 #3,435
1927 6 — 6 #4,386
1926 7 — 7 #3,978
1925 8 — 8 #3,760
1924 6 — 6 #4,535
1923 6 — 6 #4,480
1922 5 — 5 #5,116
1920 6 — 6 #4,502
1919 8 — 8 #3,539
1918 6 — 6 #4,389
1917 8 — 8 #3,437
1916 8 — 8 #3,346
1915 9 — 9 #2,976
1914 7 — 7 #2,993
1894 6 — 6 #1,482