Sally

Diminutive of Sarah

"princess"

Sally Origin and Meaning

The name Sally is a girl's name meaning "princess".

Sally is a cheerful, fresh-faced girl-next-door name that was originally a nickname for Sarah, but has long been used independently. Sally was popular in the eighteenth century and then again from the 1920s to the 1960s--it was just outside the Top 50 around 1940. Though it hasn't been heard as a baby name for decades, we can see Sally bouncing back, especially after her exposure as young Ms. Draper on Mad Men--the Nameberries rank it at Number 621, and it's a Top 100 name in Sweden.

Sally has a ton of notable references--a few we can single out are astronaut Sally Ride, actress Sally Field, the Sally Bowles character in Cabaret, the movie When Harry Met Sally and songs like Long Tall Sally and Mustang Sally.

Sally Rank in US Top 1000

# 918 in the US

Sally Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 364 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Sally

• 364 Nameberry 2025
• 98 Unique 2024
• 983 England 2014
• 42 sweden 2024
• 100 Cats 2021

20 Names Similar to Sally

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• Nancy
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• Peggy
• Jean
• Susie
• Judy
• Ginny
• Betsy
• Gloria
• Connie
• Virginia
• Betty
• Barbara
• Polly
• Penny
• Shirley
• Minnie
• Pauline
• Dolly
• Dora

Famous People Named Sally

• Sally Margaret Field American actress
• Sally Anne Struthers American actress
• Sally Cecilia Hawkins English actress
• Sarah Margaret "Sally" Roffey Jewell 51st U.S. Secretary of the Interior
• Sarah "Sally" Hemings slave of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, and mother to his children
• Sally Claire Kellerman American actress
• Sally Turner Mann American photographer
• Sally Kristen Ride first American woman in space
• Sally Dynevor English actress
• Sally Anne Bowman English model
• Sally Jane Morgan Australian Aboriginal author and artist
• Sally Carrighar American naturalist and writer
• Sally Alina Ingeborg Salminen Finnish author
• Sally Chepyego Kaptich Kenyan long,distance runner
• Sally Rand (born Helen Gould Beck) American burlesque dancer and actress
• Sally Jing Chinese actress
• Sally Caroline Quillian Yates Deputy Attorney General of the United States
• Sally Fitzgibbons Australian professional surfer
• Sally Bradshaw Republican political operative
• Sally June Mulroney (b. 2009) daughter of American actor Dermot Mulroney
• Sally James McDonald Swenson (b. 2016), daughter of actors Audra McDonald and Will Swenson

The name Sally in Pop Culture

• Sally Brown sister of Charlie Brown in the comic strip "Peanuts"
• Sally Owens main character in the Book and Film Practical Magic
• Sally main character in "Practice Makes Perfect" (2012)
• Sally little sister of Dick and Jane in early readers
• Sally character in "The Nightmare Before Christmas"
• Sally Albright character in the '80s hit "When Harry Met Sally..."
• Sally Draper character from TV's "Mad Men"
• Sally Malik character on the North American version of "Being Human"
• Sally girlfriend of Derek Venturi on Canadian show "Life with Derek"
• Sally Freedman character in "Starring Sally J. Freedman As Herself" by Judy Blume
• Sally Donovan character on the BBC television show "Sherlock"
• Sally Sparrow character in "Blink" of the BBC show "Doctor Who"
• Sally Bowles protagonist of the musical "Cabaret"
• Sally Carrera Lightning McQueen's girlfriend in the "Cars" movies
• Sally Webster character on British soap "Coronation Street"
• Sally Ryan from the movie "Patriot Games," played by Thora Birch
• Sally Owens from "Practical Magic" played by Sandra Bullock
• Sally Rose from the movie "Grudge Match" played by Kim Basinger
• Sally Jackson Percy Jackson's mother in the "Percy Jackson" series
• Sally Hope character in Enid Blyton's "Malory Towers" series
• Sally Solomon character on the 90s TV show "3rd Rock from the Sun"
• Sally Hardy character in "Sims" series
• Sally Boyle character in "We Happy Few"
• Sally Anne Perks, character in J.K. Rowling's "The Original Forty"
• Sally Rayburn character on Netflix's "Bloodline," played by Sissy Spacek
• Sally character in film "Oblivion"
• "Mustang Sally " song by Wilson Pickett
• "Sally Cinnamon " the Stone Roses song
• Sally Acachalla A character from the YouTube channel VenturianTale
• Sally Stageplay fictional character in the 2017 video game "Cuphead"
• Sally, When the Wine Runs Out Song