Sally
#206 most common girls' name of all time · #391 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · 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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |