Sallye
Sallye is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 194233 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1888
- 1,067people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,067 girls have been named Sallye in the United States since 1888, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1942, with 33 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 33 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1939, and the 1940s alone account for 23%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Sallye | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7 | |
| 1890s | 29 | |
| 1900s | 33 | |
| 1910s | 114 | |
| 1920s | 150 | |
| 1930s | 224 | |
| 1940s | 249 | |
| 1950s | 165 | |
| 1960s | 65 | |
| 1970s | 25 | |
| 1980s | 6 |
In 1942, its biggest year
Sallye was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1942 were Mary, Barbara, Patricia, Linda and Carol. See all of 1942.
Names that rose and fell with Sallye
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Retapeak 1946
- Fayepeak 1943
- Reitapeak 1932
- Freidapeak 1947
- Lorettapeak 1938
- Williapeak 1928
- Arlettapeak 1930
- Florettapeak 1930
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.