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Sally

Girl's name · #1158 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Popularity over time

Sally is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1939, when it ranked #52. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 205,000 girls since 1880, ranked #1158 today. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

See where Sally is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 21 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Sally ranks in other countries and regions.

#34 in Sweden (2025) · #239 in Ireland (2025) · #780 in Scotland (2025) · #1,079 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,101 in Italy (2024) · #1,218 in Canada (2025) · #1,260 in Austria (2025) · #2,228 in France (2025) · #2,724 in Ecuador (2025) · #45 in Finland (Swedish-sp.) (2024) · #337 in N. Ireland (2024) · #479 in Norway (2023) and 6 more.

Famous Sallys

• Sally Field — American actress (born 1946)
• Sally Ride — American physicist and astronaut (1951–2012)
• Sally Hawkins — English actress (born 1976)
• Sally Rooney — Irish author (born 1991)
• Sally Kellerman — American actress (1937–2022)
• Sally Kirkland — American actress and producer (1941–2025)
• Sally Pearson — Australian athlete (born 1986)

In stories & tradition

• Sally Brown — Peanuts (comics)
• Sally Carrera — Fictional character from Cars (film)
• Sally Forth — American comic strip by Wally Wood

What Sallys become

Among 1,093 notable people named Sally:

Entertainers appear 1.5× more often than among typical names — e.g. Sally Field, American actress (born 1946).

Similar names: Zaliyah · Judith · Sharon · Taliyah · Betty · Mollie

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