How Many People Are Named Sally?
people named Sally are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,861 people in the US has this name
Based on 205,876 babies named Sally in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
5,279 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of SARAH.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Sally in English. Counting Sally and these spellings together, about 131,712 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Sally (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sally alive today is about 66 years old, and 75% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 59 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sally first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1947, to 5,279 babies. In 2025, 201 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sally never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #52, in 1939, and it was in the top 100 for 26 years, 1930 to 1955. In 2025 it ranked #1,158.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,158 |
| Best rank | #52 (1939) |
| Years in the top 100 | 26 (1930 to 1955) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #94 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sally alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sally were born in California than in any other state: about 11,489 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sally was given 1.7 times as often in Michigan, 1.7 times in Oregon and 1.6 times in Arizona.
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