Name profile

Sally

This name is a diminutive of Sarah, often used independently.

Usage languagesEnglish
US rank (2025)#1,150

Meaning and history

Sally is a diminutive of Sarah that is also often used as an independent name.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 244 births, rank #1,050
2007: 253 births, rank #1,041
2008: 227 births, rank #1,133
2009: 227 births, rank #1,116
2010: 214 births, rank #1,143
20112011: 212 births, rank #1,157
2012: 208 births, rank #1,179
2013: 218 births, rank #1,116
2014: 209 births, rank #1,173
2015: 222 births, rank #1,139
20162016: 211 births, rank #1,184
2017: 245 births, rank #1,051
2018: 195 births, rank #1,210
2019: 161 births, rank #1,392
2020: 200 births, rank #1,165
20212021: 192 births, rank #1,223
2022: 176 births, rank #1,336
2023: 171 births, rank #1,324
2024: 225 births, rank #1,095
20252025: 201 births, rank #1,150

Sally moved from #871 to #917 for girls between 2002 and 2004. Its highest annual birth count came in 1947, with 5,265 births.