Sallie

#4,265 for girls in 2025, 33 births · Last seen for boys in 1952 at #3,734
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1882 · 487 births
Debut · girls
404 births
In top 100 · girls
20 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
49,961
since 1880

Sallie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #63, 1882girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,26533—
2024#5,96220—
2023#5,54922—
2022#5,79321—
2021#5,95520—
2020#6,08319—
2019#6,17619—
2018#5,31524—
2017#5,51723—
2016#4,73429—
2015#5,28825—
2014#5,16326—
2013#6,72918—
2012#4,38733—
2011#5,35825—
2010#7,21717—
2009#8,05815—
2008#5,01329—
2007#5,52625—
2006#3,73441—
2005#3,80938—
2004#4,38731—
2003#4,03433—
2002#3,97832—
2001#3,48638—
2000#3,52737—
1999#3,44336—
1998#2,92944—
1997#2,97740—
1996#2,96640—
1995#2,73544—
1994#3,03838—
1993#2,72544—
1992#2,45952—
1991#2,32055—
1990#2,20158—
1989#2,02762—
1988#1,98660—
1987#1,89960—
1986#1,80263—
1985#1,83361—
1984#1,56572—
1983#1,64467—
1982#1,75563—
1981#1,64170—
1980#1,48281—
1979#1,43185—
1978#1,63365—
1977#1,55969—
1976#1,39776—
1975#1,22993—
1974#1,18594—
1973#1,22087—
1972#1,18191—
1971#1,148101—
1970#1,020121—
1969#994118—
1968#846145—
1967#865137—
1966#748172—
1965#695200—
1964#632260—
1963#654240—
1962#579290—
1961#514361—
1960#508361—
1959#529335—
1958#537328—
1957#503357—
1956#515330—
1955#464382—
1954#418431—
1953#414432—
1952#396439#3,7345
1951#367483—
1950#367474—
1949#356488—
1948#345503—
1947#315605—
1946#326528—
1945#313462—
1944#299507—
1943#305523—
1942#295533—
1941#289500—
1940#287479—
1939#273512#3,4805
1938#261582#3,1756
1937#280493#3,1756
1936#266521—
1935#258588—
1934#266539#3,6795
1933#255569—
1932#267555—
1931#267537#3,7635
1930#263564#2,7819
1929#253624—
1928#256635#3,3577
1927#258654#4,2105
1926#249689#3,1398
1925#233791—
1924#234783—
1923#230791#3,4677
1922#238757—
1921#233782—
1920#230803#3,8156
1919#208897#4,1685
1918#216850#4,1795
1917#214807#3,9815
1916#196912#3,8975
1915#212781—
1914#178760#2,6517
1913#178656#2,4966
1912#164637#2,2696
1911#159509#1,5376
1910#144569—
1909#150472—
1908#141489—
1907#135492—
1906#120520—
1905#105607—
1904#122483—
1903#110523—
1902#108556—
1901#109488—
1900#98676#1,3105
1899#100544#9286
1898#100598—
1897#97545#1,0575
1896#101498—
1895#92573—
1894#90584—
1893#94516—
1892#84582—
1891#75569—
1890#80571—
1889#77525—
1888#70633—
1887#68525—
1886#73490—
1885#73457—
1884#69494—
1883#72409—
1882#63487—
1881#63416—
1880#64404—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Sallie was already there! It came in at #64, and was given to 404 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2009–2010, when fewer than 18 girls a year got the name.

Where Sallie is popular in 1934

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Sallie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Sallie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Sallie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Sallie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Sallie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Sallie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Sallie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sallie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Sallie, so not publishedMNIllinois: #390 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,946 girlsILWisconsin: #343 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,431 girlsWIMichigan: #256 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,440 girlsMINew York: #650 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 16,553 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Sallie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Sallie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Sallie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Sallie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Sallie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sallie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Sallie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Sallie, so not publishedINOhio: #312 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,748 girlsOHPennsylvania: #292 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 3,556 girlsPANew Jersey: #309 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,941 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Sallie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #280 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,012 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Sallie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Sallie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Sallie, so not publishedNEMissouri: #313 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,703 girlsMOKentucky: #224 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,365 girlsKYWest Virginia: #233 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,526 girlsWVVirginia: #135 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 621 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Sallie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Sallie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Sallie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Sallie, so not publishedNMKansas: #284 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,196 girlsKSArkansas: #277 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,706 girlsARTennessee: #206 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,164 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #139 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 640 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #114 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 483 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Sallie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Sallie, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #228 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,092 girlsLAMississippi: #147 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 647 girlsMSAlabama: #121 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 506 girlsALGeorgia: #125 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 522 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Sallie, so not publishedHITexas: #369 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 2,287 girlsTXFlorida: #233 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,297 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Carolina#114 · 1 in 483
  2. Alabama#121 · 1 in 506
  3. Georgia#125 · 1 in 522
  4. Virginia#135 · 1 in 621
  5. North Carolina#139 · 1 in 640

Best ever in a state: #43 in South Carolina, 1911.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Carolina#114431 in 483
Alabama#121581 in 506
Georgia#125581 in 522
Virginia#135371 in 621
North Carolina#139571 in 640
Mississippi#147331 in 647
Tennessee#206231 in 1,164
Kentucky#224201 in 1,365
Louisiana#228191 in 1,092
Florida#23391 in 1,297
West Virginia#233121 in 1,526
Michigan#256151 in 2,440
Arkansas#277111 in 1,706
California#280171 in 2,012
Kansas#28461 in 2,196
Pennsylvania#292201 in 3,556
New Jersey#30961 in 3,941
Ohio#312121 in 3,748
Missouri#313101 in 2,703
Wisconsin#34351 in 4,431
Texas#369251 in 2,287
Illinois#390101 in 4,946
New York#65051 in 16,553
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Sallie
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 1,697 spots since 2024 (#5,962 → #4,265)
  • 1,818 spots since 2020 (#6,083 → #4,265)
  • 1,023 spots since 2015 (#5,288 → #4,265)
  • Biggest jump: 22 spots in 1964 (#654 → #632)
  • Biggest drop: 148 spots in 1969 (#846 → #994)
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #63 (487 births)
  • Births halved by 1963, 81 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 20 yrs · run 1880–1895
  • Top 1,000: 90 yrs · run 1880–1969
Share of babies · girls
1 in 221
  • Highest: 1 in 221 girls born in 1881 were named Sallie (0.45%)
  • Latest: 1 in 48,705 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #63 in 1882, was only 1 in 221 (0.45%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 14.8% of all girls named Sallie (7,378) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s4,840#63 (1882)#69
1890s5,580#75 (1891)#91
1900s5,306#98 (1900)#120
1910s7,378#144 (1910)#187
1920s7,309#230 (1920)#241
1930s5,460#255 (1933)#266
1940s5,128#287 (1940)#313
1950s3,991#367 (1951)#451
1960s2,284#508 (1960)#704
1970s882#1,020 (1970)#1,300
1980s659#1,482 (1980)#1,763
1990s451#2,201 (1990)#2,779
2000s319#3,486 (2001)#4,555
2010s239#4,387 (2012)#5,588
2020s135#4,265 (2025)#5,601

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Sallie in 1934

girls
#266
539 births · 1 in 1,937 girls
boys
#3,679
5 births · 1 in 206,519 boys

Top girls' names in 1934

  1. #1Mary56,929
  2. #2Betty31,089
  3. #3Barbara29,239
  4. #4Shirley22,841
  5. #5Dorothy21,281
  6. #6Patricia20,844
  7. #7Joan19,465
  8. #8Margaret15,144
  9. #9Helen14,100
  10. #10Nancy13,520
  11. #266Sallie539

Top boys' names in 1934

  1. #1Robert55,843
  2. #2James54,270
  3. #3John46,743
  4. #4William40,175
  5. #5Richard33,167
  6. #6Donald30,408
  7. #7Charles29,790
  8. #8George18,500
  9. #9Thomas17,373
  10. #10Joseph17,111
  11. #3,679Sallie5
More about 1934

girls

1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 1,937 of them was named Sallie, which outranked 94.7% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sallie
  1. #263Lou559
  2. #264Amelia553
  3. #265Nettie545
  4. #266Sallie539
  5. #267Essie538
  6. #268Henrietta531
  7. #269Natalie530
Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. ↑ 571Luann#1,442 → #871
  2. ↑ 469Alison#1,442 → #973
  3. ↑ 439Golda#1,364 → #925
  4. ↑ 350Ronald#1,244 → #894
  5. ↑ 346Gale#1,102 → #756
Fallers
  1. ↓ 685Nira#463 → #1,148
  2. ↓ 342Vina#782 → #1,124
  3. ↓ 316Zita#947 → #1,263
  4. ↓ 299Myrtie#834 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 278Theola#985 → #1,263

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 206,519 of them was named Sallie, which outranked 12.5% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sallie
  1. #3,277Zachariah6
  2. #3,277Zander6
  3. #3,277Zeno6
  4. #3,679Sallie5
  5. #3,679Abb5
  6. #3,679Acencion5
  7. #3,679Achille5

Tied with 526 names at #3,679; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. ↑ 746Lanny#1,361 → #615
  2. ↑ 630Kerry#1,586 → #956
  3. ↑ 620Marland#1,456 → #836
  4. ↑ 404Kirk#1,202 → #798
  5. ↑ 350Valentin#1,281 → #931
Fallers
  1. ↓ 730Neville#995 → #1,725
  2. ↓ 616Garner#770 → #1,386
  3. ↓ 520Vivian#905 → #1,425
  4. ↓ 488Finis#869 → #1,357
  5. ↓ 464Malcom#961 → #1,425

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1934 →