Girls' name · peaked in 1881
Sallie name popularity since 1925
23,002 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Sallie. Half of them were born in 1945 or earlier, so the typical Sallie is about 81 years old in 2026. Sallie peaked in 1881 as the #63 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 23,002
- Named Sallie, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1881
- #63 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #4,340 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 22,941 girls · 61 boys
- Most popular in
- South Carolina
- 6.44× its national share
Peak year is the year Sallie made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Sallie births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Sallie peaked earlier, in 1881.
- Steepest fall: Between 1964 and 1969, Sallie's share of baby girls fell by 49%, from 1 in 7,290 to 1 in 14,300.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Sallie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Sallie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Sallie in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 3,393 | 20 | – |
| 1930s | 5,460 | 36 | #258 |
| 1940s | 5,128 | 0 | #313 |
| 1950s | 3,991 | 5 | #465 |
| 1960s | 2,284 | 0 | #697 |
| 1970s | 882 | 0 | #1,238 |
| 1980s | 659 | 0 | #1,851 |
| 1990s | 451 | 0 | #2,781 |
| 2000s | 319 | 0 | #3,861 |
| 2010s | 239 | 0 | #5,431 |
| 2020–25 | 135 | 0 | #4,340 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
42.5% of babies named Sallie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Sallie is most popular
The index compares Sallie's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Sallie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 6.44× | 1,763 |
| Mississippi | 5.21× | 1,234 |
| Alabama | 4.38× | 1,513 |
| North Carolina | 3.85× | 2,135 |
| Georgia | 3.43× | 1,852 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Sallie and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Sallie (this page) | 22,941 | 1881 |
| Sally | 184,991 | 1938 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Sallie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Sallie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Sallie (1881).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data