# Sallie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sallie/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 50,096 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 135 / 49,961 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 29, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A less common spelling of Sally; see -ie.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25 | 5,514 |
| 2012 | 33 | 4,472 |
| 2013 | 18 | 6,978 |
| 2014 | 26 | 5,289 |
| 2015 | 25 | 5,431 |
| 2016 | 29 | 4,825 |
| 2017 | 23 | 5,639 |
| 2018 | 24 | 5,436 |
| 2019 | 19 | 6,375 |
| 2020 | 19 | 6,286 |
| 2021 | 20 | 6,132 |
| 2022 | 21 | 5,949 |
| 2023 | 22 | 5,710 |
| 2024 | 20 | 6,123 |
| 2025 | 33 | 4,340 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1917 | 5 | 4,476 |
| 1918 | 5 | 4,700 |
| 1919 | 5 | 4,692 |
| 1920 | 6 | 4,204 |
| 1923 | 7 | 3,763 |
| 1926 | 8 | 3,339 |
| 1927 | 5 | 4,698 |
| 1928 | 7 | 3,650 |
| 1930 | 9 | 2,979 |
| 1931 | 5 | 4,241 |
| 1934 | 5 | 4,129 |
| 1937 | 6 | 3,472 |
| 1938 | 6 | 3,477 |
| 1939 | 5 | 3,897 |
| 1952 | 5 | 4,184 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 8 | 1,958 |
| 1999 | 8 | 1,970 |
| 2000 | 4 | 3,247 |
| 2003 | 5 | 3,099 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |

## People named Sallie

- Sallie W. Chisholm, American oceanographer, marine biologist
- Sallie Baliunas, American astronomer
- Sallie McFague, American feminist and theologian
- Sallie Harmsen, Dutch actress
- Sallie Krawcheck, American businesswoman

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.