Sallie Girl
How popular is Sallie?
#4,264 girl name in 2025
33 baby girls were named Sallie in the US in 2025, making it the 4264th most popular girl name.
Sallie popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #4,264 for girls (▲ 1695 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 33 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+32% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #5,286 in 2015, #6,079 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1916 (912 girls) |
| Highest rank | #63 in 1881 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Sallie counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Sally family of names ranked #871 for girls in 2025 (#865 the year before), with 258 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sally | 201 | 78% |
| Sallie | 33 | 13% |
| Saylee | 14 | 5% |
| Saily | 5 | 2% |
| Sailey | 5 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Sallie is most popular
Babies named Sallie per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- North Carolina: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Sallie by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 4,840 | #63 |
| 1890s | 5,580 | #75 |
| 1900s | 5,306 | #98 |
| 1910s | 7,378 | #144 |
| 1920s | 7,309 | #230 |
| 1930s | 5,460 | #255 |
| 1940s | 5,128 | #287 |
| 1950s | 3,991 | #366 |
| 1960s | 2,284 | #508 |
| 1970s | 882 | #1,020 |
| 1980s | 659 | #1,482 |
| 1990s | 451 | #2,196 |
| 2000s | 319 | #3,482 |
| 2010s | 239 | #4,385 |
| 2020s | 135 | #4,264 |
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Questions
- Is Sallie a boy or girl name?
- Sallie is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Sallie were girls.
- How popular is the name Sallie?
- 33 baby girls were named Sallie in the US in 2025, making it the 4264th most popular girl name.
- When was Sallie most popular?
- Sallie peaked in 1916, when 912 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #63, held for 2 years starting in 1881.
- How many people are named Sallie?
- 50,096 babies have been named Sallie in the US since 1880. We estimate about 12,831 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 72.
- Where is Sallie most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Sallie was most common in North Carolina, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.