Sala
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SAH-la
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Sala is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
Where does Sala come from?
Short name found in several languages; source varies
Is Sala a girl's or a boy's name?
Sala is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sala in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Sala, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 1996, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1966.
Half of all the girls named Sala in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sala in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,792 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
Names like Sala
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Salma Zaira Samira Sama Safiya Hafsa Zayla Salem Summer Rahma Zainab
Names related to Sala
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sala: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sala, updated 20 October 2026.