Sally-Ann
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SAL-ee-AN
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Sally-Ann is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “princess + favour, grace”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Sally-Ann mean?
Hebrew: Sally + Ann
“princess + favour, grace”
Joins Sally (Hebrew, “princess”) and Ann (Hebrew, “favour, grace”).
Meanings borrowed from Sally and Ann.
Is Sally-Ann a girl's or a boy's name?
Sally-Ann is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sally-Ann in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Sally-Ann, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1996, with 13 girls.
2025 had more girls named Sally-Ann than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Sally-Ann in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2004. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Sally-Ann in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,927 |
| 1996 | 13 | #1,450 |
Names like Sally-Ann
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sarah, Eleanor, Naomi, Hannah, Francesca, Molly, Lydia, Charlotte, Elizabeth, Abigail, Josephine, Madeleine
Names related to Sally-Ann
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sally-Ann: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sally-ann, updated 20 October 2026.