Sally
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Sally
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 is also given to boys.
Pronounced SAL-ee.
As of October 2026, Sally ranked #1158 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #52 in 1939, Nameberry popularity #280.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,176 | 209 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #1,141 | 222 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #1,187 | 211 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #1,052 | 245 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #1,212 | 195 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #1,401 | 161 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #1,169 | 200 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #1,228 | 192 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #1,339 | 176 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #1,329 | 171 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #1,098 | 223 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #1,158 | 201 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Sally for girls
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Sally on lists
Famous Sallys
- Sally Margaret FieldGirl
American actress
- Sally Anne StruthersGirl
American actress
- Sally Cecilia HawkinsGirl
English actress
- Sarah Margaret "Sally" Roffey JewellGirl
51st U.S. Secretary of the Interior
- Sarah "Sally" HemingsGirl
slave of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, and mother to his children
- Sally Claire KellermanGirl
American actress
- Sally Turner MannGirl
American photographer
- Sally Kristen RideGirl
first American woman in space
- Sally DynevorGirl
English actress
- Sally Anne BowmanGirl
English model
- Sally Jane MorganGirl
Australian Aboriginal author and artist
- Sally CarrigharGirl
American naturalist and writer
- Sally Alina Ingeborg SalminenGirl
Finnish author
- Sally Chepyego KaptichGirl
Kenyan long,distance runner
- Sally Rand (born Helen Gould Beck)Girl
American burlesque dancer and actress
- Sally JingGirl
Chinese actress
- Sally Caroline Quillian YatesGirl
Deputy Attorney General of the United States
- Sally FitzgibbonsGirl
Australian professional surfer
- Sally BradshawGirl
Republican political operative
- Sally June Mulroney (b. 2009)Girl
daughter of American actor Dermot Mulroney
- Sally James McDonaldGirl
Swenson (b. 2016), daughter of actors Audra McDonald and Will Swenson
Sally in pop culture
- Sally BrownGirl
sister of Charlie Brown in the comic strip "Peanuts"
- Sally OwensGirl
main character in the Book and Film Practical Magic
- SallyGirl
main character in "Practice Makes Perfect" (2012)
- SallyGirl
little sister of Dick and Jane in early readers
- SallyGirl
character in "The Nightmare Before Christmas"
- Sally AlbrightGirl
character in the '80s hit "When Harry Met Sally..."
- Sally DraperGirl
character from TV's "Mad Men"
- Sally MalikGirl
character on the North American version of "Being Human"
- SallyGirl
girlfriend of Derek Venturi on Canadian show "Life with Derek"
- Sally FreedmanGirl
character in "Starring Sally J. Freedman As Herself" by Judy Blume
- Sally DonovanGirl
character on the BBC television show "Sherlock"
- Sally SparrowGirl
character in "Blink" of the BBC show "Doctor Who"
- Sally BowlesGirl
protagonist of the musical "Cabaret"
- Sally CarreraGirl
Lightning McQueen's girlfriend in the "Cars" movies
- Sally WebsterGirl
character on British soap "Coronation Street"
- Sally RyanGirl
from the movie "Patriot Games," played by Thora Birch
- Sally OwensGirl
from "Practical Magic" played by Sandra Bullock
- Sally RoseGirl
from the movie "Grudge Match" played by Kim Basinger
- Sally JacksonGirl
Percy Jackson's mother in the "Percy Jackson" series
- Sally HopeGirl
character in Enid Blyton's "Malory Towers" series
- Sally SolomonGirl
character on the 90s TV show "3rd Rock from the Sun"
- Sally HardyGirl
character in "Sims" series
- Sally BoyleGirl
character in "We Happy Few"
- SallyGirl
Anne Perks, character in J.K. Rowling's "The Original Forty"
- Sally RayburnGirl
character on Netflix's "Bloodline," played by Sissy Spacek
- SallyGirl
character in film "Oblivion"
- "Mustang SallyGirl
" song by Wilson Pickett
- "Sally CinnamonGirl
" the Stone Roses song
- Sally AcachallaGirl
A character from the YouTube channel VenturianTale
- Sally StageplayGirl
fictional character in the 2017 video game "Cuphead"
- Sally, When the Wine Runs OutGirl
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