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How popular is the name Sally?
Births per year, rank history and how many Sallies are alive today.
Sally (female), once a common girls' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 31 in 2025, ranked 1079th. The name peaked in 1964, when around 2,100 babies were given the name, the 29th most popular that year. It has declined since 1964; the 2025 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 50,000 babies have been named Sally in England and Wales since 1944. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Sally you are most likely to meet is around 62 years old. Half of all Sallies born in England and Wales are between 51 and 67, and there are at least 49,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 14% chance that at least one of them will be called Sally.
How many babies are named Sally each year?
Where does Sally rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Sally most popular?
Sally peaked in 1964, when around 2,100 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Sally?
At least 49,000 people named Sally born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Sally?
Most living Sallies are between 51 and 67; the most common age is about 62.
Is Sally becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1964 peak.