Sallie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SAL-ee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,264 for girls
Sallie is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “princess”. In 2025 it ranked 4,264th for girls in the US (33 babies).
What does Sallie mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Sally; pet form of Sarah
“princess”
A pet form of Sarah, used on its own since at least the 18th century, as in the song Sally in Our Alley.
Meaning borrowed from Sally. More on Wiktionary.
Is Sallie a girl's or a boy's name?
Sallie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 33 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sallie in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 8 girls.
Sallie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
How popular is Sallie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,264among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 33about 1 in 49,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 33 girls in the US were named Sallie, making it the 4,264th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 1916, with 912 girls.
2025 had more girls named Sallie than any year since 2012.
Half of all the girls named Sallie in the US since 1880 were born between 1903 and 1943. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 234 girls in the US were given Sallie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #970, up from #4,264 for this spelling alone.
- Sally 201
- Sallie 33
Sallie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #4,264 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,311 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,515 |
| 2016 | 29 | #4,733 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 33 | #4,385 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,011 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 41 | #3,733 |
| 2005 | 38 | #3,805 |
| 2004 | 31 | #4,383 |
| 2003 | 33 | #4,030 |
| 2002 | 32 | #3,974 |
| 2001 | 38 | #3,482 |
| 2000 | 37 | #3,522 |
| 1999 | 36 | #3,440 |
| 1998 | 44 | #2,926 |
| 1997 | 40 | #2,974 |
| 1996 | 40 | #2,961 |
| 1995 | 44 | #2,730 |
| 1994 | 38 | #3,033 |
| 1993 | 44 | #2,720 |
| 1992 | 52 | #2,454 |
| 1991 | 55 | #2,314 |
| 1990 | 58 | #2,196 |
| 1989 | 62 | #2,022 |
| 1988 | 60 | #1,982 |
| 1987 | 60 | #1,898 |
| 1986 | 63 | #1,801 |
| 1985 | 61 | #1,832 |
| 1984 | 72 | #1,565 |
| 1983 | 67 | #1,644 |
| 1982 | 63 | #1,755 |
| 1981 | 70 | #1,641 |
| 1980 | 81 | #1,482 |
| 1979 | 85 | #1,431 |
| 1978 | 65 | #1,633 |
| 1977 | 69 | #1,559 |
| 1976 | 76 | #1,397 |
| 1975 | 93 | #1,229 |
| 1974 | 94 | #1,185 |
| 1973 | 87 | #1,220 |
| 1972 | 91 | #1,181 |
| 1971 | 101 | #1,148 |
| 1970 | 121 | #1,020 |
| 1969 | 118 | #994 |
| 1968 | 145 | #846 |
| 1967 | 137 | #865 |
| 1966 | 172 | #748 |
| 1965 | 200 | #695 |
| 1964 | 260 | #632 |
| 1963 | 240 | #654 |
| 1962 | 290 | #579 |
| 1961 | 361 | #514 |
| 1960 | 361 | #508 |
| 1959 | 335 | #529 |
| 1958 | 328 | #537 |
| 1957 | 357 | #503 |
| 1956 | 330 | #514 |
| 1955 | 382 | #463 |
| 1954 | 431 | #417 |
| 1953 | 432 | #413 |
| 1952 | 439 | #395 |
| 1951 | 483 | #366 |
| 1950 | 474 | #366 |
| 1949 | 488 | #356 |
| 1948 | 503 | #345 |
| 1947 | 605 | #315 |
| 1946 | 528 | #326 |
| 1945 | 462 | #313 |
| 1944 | 507 | #299 |
| 1943 | 523 | #305 |
| 1942 | 533 | #295 |
| 1941 | 500 | #289 |
| 1940 | 479 | #287 |
| 1939 | 512 | #273 |
| 1938 | 582 | #261 |
| 1937 | 493 | #280 |
| 1936 | 521 | #266 |
| 1935 | 588 | #258 |
| 1934 | 539 | #266 |
| 1933 | 569 | #255 |
| 1932 | 555 | #267 |
| 1931 | 537 | #267 |
| 1930 | 564 | #263 |
| 1929 | 624 | #253 |
| 1928 | 635 | #256 |
| 1927 | 654 | #258 |
| 1926 | 689 | #249 |
| 1925 | 791 | #233 |
| 1924 | 783 | #234 |
| 1923 | 791 | #230 |
| 1922 | 757 | #238 |
| 1921 | 782 | #233 |
| 1920 | 803 | #230 |
| 1919 | 897 | #208 |
| 1918 | 850 | #216 |
| 1917 | 807 | #214 |
| 1916 | 912 | #196 |
| 1915 | 781 | #212 |
| 1914 | 760 | #178 |
| 1913 | 656 | #178 |
| 1912 | 637 | #164 |
| 1911 | 509 | #159 |
| 1910 | 569 | #144 |
| 1909 | 472 | #150 |
| 1908 | 489 | #141 |
| 1907 | 492 | #135 |
| 1906 | 520 | #120 |
| 1905 | 607 | #105 |
| 1904 | 483 | #122 |
| 1903 | 523 | #110 |
| 1902 | 556 | #108 |
| 1901 | 488 | #109 |
| 1900 | 676 | #98 |
| 1899 | 544 | #100 |
| 1898 | 598 | #100 |
| 1897 | 545 | #97 |
| 1896 | 498 | #101 |
| 1895 | 573 | #92 |
| 1894 | 584 | #90 |
| 1893 | 516 | #94 |
| 1892 | 582 | #84 |
| 1891 | 569 | #75 |
| 1890 | 571 | #80 |
| 1889 | 525 | #77 |
| 1888 | 633 | #70 |
| 1887 | 525 | #68 |
| 1886 | 490 | #73 |
| 1885 | 457 | #73 |
| 1884 | 494 | #69 |
| 1883 | 409 | #72 |
| 1882 | 487 | #63 |
| 1881 | 416 | #63 |
| 1880 | 404 | #64 |
Names like Sallie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Sallie
Names related to Sallie
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Sallie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sallie, updated 20 October 2026.