Sally

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Sally or Sallie is an English language feminine given name that originated as a hypocorism for Sarah. Young children often have difficulty in pronouncing the letter r, which resulted in nicknames like Sally that substitute the letter r for l.

From Wikipedia

Sally first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1996 with 309 babies (rank #144 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Sally

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Sally yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

6Destiny numberThe carerNurturing, responsible, family at the centre.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
8Soul urgeThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
7PersonalityThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

2,096

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

309

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Also a character in

In Mad Men: Sally Draper — Don and Betty's daughter

Famous people named Sally

Sally Fieldmanufacturer · b. 1946
Sally Ridechildren's writer · b. 1951
Sally Hawkinsfilm actor · b. 1976
Sally Rooneyfilm screenwriter · b. 1991
Sally Kellermanfilm actor · b. 1937

More popular girls' names

Other girls' names starting with S

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	309	#144
1997	263	#172
1998	185	#227
1999	164	#247
2000	123	#301
2001	90	#366
2002	111	#328
2003	97	#380
2004	85	#427
2005	84	#444
2006	81	#478
2007	75	#508
2008	70	#552
2009	69	#563
2010	50	#744
2011	54	#719
2012	48	#809
2013	37	#996
2014	38	#983
2015	35	#1,030
2016	28	#1,235