Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Sally

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Sally
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 95.8% from peak

Peak era

1947

Peak rank proxy

5,265

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19472024

Peak year

1947

Decline from peak

95.8%

2024

223

All-time

205,026

Sally once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1947, when 5,265 girls were named Sally.

In 2024, only 223 girls were given the name.

Down 95.8% from its peak.

All told, about 205,026 Americans have been named Sally and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95.8% from peak

19475,265 girls named Sally

2024223 girls named Sally

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