Is Sally a boy or girl name?
Sally is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 223 girls and 0 boys were named Sally, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 99.7% of the 205,673 US babies named Sally were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #1,098
- Babies named Sally since 1880
- 205,673
- Most popular year
- 1947
- 5,279 babies
Boys and girls named Sally, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 1,010 | 100% |
| 1890s | 0 | 1,668 | 100% |
| 1900s | 0 | 3,294 | 100% |
| 1910s | 37 | 9,301 | 99.6% |
| 1920s | 61 | 13,472 | 99.5% |
| 1930s | 158 | 34,680 | 99.5% |
| 1940s | 151 | 45,344 | 99.7% |
| 1950s | 99 | 46,706 | 99.8% |
| 1960s | 78 | 24,344 | 99.7% |
| 1970s | 30 | 9,275 | 99.7% |
| 1980s | 16 | 6,127 | 99.7% |
| 1990s | 17 | 4,166 | 99.6% |
| 2000s | 0 | 2,582 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 2,095 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 962 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 223 | #1,098 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 171 | #1,329 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 176 | #1,339 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 192 | #1,228 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 200 | #1,169 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 161 | #1,401 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 195 | #1,212 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 245 | #1,052 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 211 | #1,187 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 222 | #1,141 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 209 | #1,176 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 218 | #1,120 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 208 | #1,186 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 212 | #1,159 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 214 | #1,144 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 227 | #1,120 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 227 | #1,136 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 253 | #1,043 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 244 | #1,053 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 244 | #1,003 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 265 | #917 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 226 | #1,023 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 263 | #871 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 301 | #787 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 332 | #705 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 327 | #690 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 328 | #691 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 337 | #656 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 365 | #623 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 390 | #586 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 399 | #576 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 445 | #538 |
| 1992 | 5 | #9,559 | 496 | #495 |
| 1991 | 6 | #8,066 | 530 | #462 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,934 | 549 | #451 |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 536 | #453 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 543 | #428 |
| 1987 | 5 | #7,924 | 528 | #424 |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 592 | #390 |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 567 | #399 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 615 | #372 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 660 | #345 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 633 | #366 |
| 1981 | 5 | #7,088 | 713 | #334 |
| 1980 | 6 | #6,108 | 740 | #327 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 735 | #321 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 779 | #296 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 789 | #304 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,840 | 899 | #264 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,699 | 949 | #256 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,555 | 957 | #265 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 951 | #262 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 908 | #283 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 1,061 | #272 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,478 | 1,247 | #249 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,875 | 1,308 | #231 |
| 1968 | 9 | #3,066 | 1,403 | #216 |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 1,638 | #193 |
| 1966 | 5 | #4,429 | 1,834 | #179 |
| 1965 | 8 | #3,201 | 2,318 | #162 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,815 | 2,708 | #149 |
| 1963 | 11 | #2,649 | 2,744 | #147 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,814 | 3,176 | #136 |
| 1961 | 6 | #4,000 | 3,460 | #133 |
| 1960 | 12 | #2,520 | 3,755 | #123 |
| 1959 | 9 | #3,003 | 4,068 | #114 |
| 1958 | 15 | #2,159 | 4,305 | #112 |
| 1957 | 12 | #2,474 | 3,993 | #115 |
| 1956 | 10 | #2,768 | 4,346 | #105 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,726 | 4,688 | #95 |
| 1954 | 5 | #4,285 | 5,078 | #84 |
| 1953 | 11 | #2,512 | 5,183 | #81 |
| 1952 | 10 | #2,652 | 5,037 | #81 |
| 1951 | 11 | #2,479 | 5,138 | #77 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,627 | 4,870 | #78 |
| 1949 | 10 | #2,587 | 4,773 | #77 |
| 1948 | 10 | #2,591 | 5,012 | #72 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,150 | 5,265 | #70 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,015 | 4,843 | #67 |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 3,981 | #64 |
| 1944 | 14 | #1,969 | 4,388 | #59 |
| 1943 | 25 | #1,428 | 4,659 | #57 |
| 1942 | 23 | #1,488 | 4,655 | #56 |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,522 | 3,965 | #61 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,560 | 3,803 | #61 |
| 1939 | 15 | #1,862 | 4,244 | #52 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,163 | 4,278 | #54 |
| 1937 | 26 | #1,340 | 3,925 | #59 |
| 1936 | 20 | #1,535 | 3,635 | #59 |
| 1935 | 15 | #1,906 | 3,711 | #58 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,105 | 3,725 | #62 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,697 | 3,146 | #76 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,301 | 2,917 | #84 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,199 | 2,557 | #97 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,157 | 2,542 | #98 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,206 | 2,212 | #112 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,083 | 1,891 | #128 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,878 | 1,630 | #147 |
| 1926 | 10 | #2,878 | 1,464 | #160 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,683 | 1,310 | #173 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,459 | 1,145 | #190 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,786 | 999 | #201 |
| 1922 | 0 | – | 972 | #204 |
| 1921 | 0 | – | 891 | #214 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,765 | 958 | #203 |
| 1919 | 0 | – | 991 | #192 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,324 | 1,086 | #184 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,912 | 1,029 | #184 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,418 | 1,221 | #162 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,763 | 1,121 | #163 |
| 1914 | 0 | – | 1,065 | #139 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,064 | 879 | #138 |
| 1912 | 0 | – | 821 | #136 |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 535 | #151 |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 553 | #147 |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 470 | #152 |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 443 | #154 |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 387 | #162 |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 358 | #161 |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 303 | #173 |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 278 | #176 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 288 | #169 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 266 | #175 |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 214 | #196 |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 287 | #183 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 185 | #203 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 199 | #206 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 206 | #193 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 185 | #206 |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 162 | #214 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 168 | #206 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 134 | #226 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 160 | #199 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 115 | #225 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 154 | #193 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 123 | #207 |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 142 | #189 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 112 | #189 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 104 | #194 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 107 | #179 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 95 | #186 |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 73 | #203 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 95 | #165 |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 79 | #170 |
| 1880 | 0 | – | 80 | #166 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Sally reached #1,340 in 1937. As a girl name, it reached #52 in 1939. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1940s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Sally
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.