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.

Sally

#206 most common girls' name of all time · #391 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#206
Rank overall
#391 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
205,876
Since 2016
1,977
Peak year
1947 #70
Best rank
#52 1939
Girls Boys peak 5,279/yr
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Sally is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 201 201 #1,150
2024 225 225 #1,095
2023 171 171 #1,324
2022 176 176 #1,336
2021 192 192 #1,223
2020 200 200 #1,165
2019 161 161 #1,392
2018 195 195 #1,210
2017 245 245 #1,052
2016 211 211 #1,184
2015 222 222 #1,139
2014 209 209 #1,174
2013 218 218 #1,116
2012 208 208 #1,179
2011 212 212 #1,157
2010 214 214 #1,143
2009 227 227 #1,118
2008 227 227 #1,133
2007 253 253 #1,041
2006 244 244 #1,050
2005 244 244 #1,000
2004 265 265 #912
2003 226 226 #1,020
2002 263 263 #870
2001 301 301 #785
2000 332 332 #703
1999 327 327 #690
1998 328 328 #691
1997 337 337 #655
1996 365 365 #622
1995 390 390 #586
1994 399 399 #575
1993 445 445 #538
1992 496 5 501 #495
1991 530 6 536 #462
1990 549 6 555 #450
1989 536 536 #453
1988 543 543 #428
1987 528 5 533 #423
1986 592 592 #390
1985 567 567 #398
1984 615 615 #372
1983 660 660 #345
1982 633 633 #367
1981 713 5 718 #334
1980 740 6 746 #327
1979 735 735 #321
1978 779 779 #296
1977 789 789 #304
1976 899 7 906 #264
1975 949 7 956 #256
1974 957 7 964 #264
1973 951 951 #262
1972 908 908 #283
1971 1,061 1,061 #272
1970 1,247 9 1,256 #249
1969 1,309 7 1,316 #231
1968 1,402 9 1,411 #216
1967 1,638 1,638 #193
1966 1,834 5 1,839 #179
1965 2,318 8 2,326 #162
1964 2,708 10 2,718 #149
1963 2,744 11 2,755 #147
1962 3,175 10 3,185 #136
1961 3,462 6 3,468 #133
1960 3,754 12 3,766 #123
1959 4,068 9 4,077 #114
1958 4,305 15 4,320 #112
1957 3,993 12 4,005 #115
1956 4,346 10 4,356 #105
1955 4,688 10 4,698 #95
1954 5,078 5 5,083 #84
1953 5,183 11 5,194 #81
1952 5,037 10 5,047 #81
1951 5,138 11 5,149 #77
1950 4,870 6 4,876 #78
1949 4,773 10 4,783 #77
1948 5,012 10 5,022 #72
1947 5,265 14 5,279 #70
1946 4,842 14 4,856 #67
1945 3,982 3,982 #64
1944 4,388 14 4,402 #59
1943 4,659 25 4,684 #57
1942 4,655 23 4,678 #56
1941 3,965 21 3,986 #61
1940 3,803 20 3,823 #61
1939 4,244 15 4,259 #52
1938 4,278 12 4,290 #54
1937 3,925 26 3,951 #59
1936 3,635 20 3,655 #59
1935 3,711 15 3,726 #58
1934 3,725 13 3,738 #62
1933 3,146 18 3,164 #76
1932 2,917 12 2,929 #84
1931 2,557 13 2,570 #97
1930 2,542 14 2,556 #98
1929 2,212 8 2,220 #112
1928 1,891 6 1,897 #128
1927 1,630 10 1,640 #147
1926 1,464 10 1,474 #160
1925 1,310 7 1,317 #173
1924 1,145 8 1,153 #190
1923 999 5 1,004 #201
1922 972 972 #204
1921 891 891 #214
1920 958 7 965 #203
1919 991 991 #192
1918 1,086 8 1,094 #184
1917 1,029 9 1,038 #184
1916 1,221 5 1,226 #162
1915 1,121 6 1,127 #163
1914 1,065 1,065 #139
1913 879 9 888 #138
1912 821 821 #136
1911 535 535 #151
1910 553 553 #147
1909 470 470 #152
1908 443 443 #154
1907 387 387 #162
1906 358 358 #161
1905 303 303 #173
1904 278 278 #176
1903 288 288 #169
1902 266 266 #175
1901 214 214 #196
1900 287 287 #183
1899 185 185 #203
1898 199 199 #206
1897 206 206 #193
1896 185 185 #206
1895 162 162 #214
1894 168 168 #205
1893 134 134 #225
1892 160 160 #198
1891 115 115 #225
1890 154 154 #191
1889 123 123 #207
1888 142 142 #189
1887 112 112 #188
1886 104 104 #194
1885 107 107 #178
1884 95 95 #184
1883 73 73 #202
1882 95 95 #163
1881 79 79 #170
1880 80 80 #166