Sallie comes from the Hebrew tradition, meaning Princess, noblewoman, lady.
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How popular is Sallie?
1916peak year
Today, Sallie is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #5785), with only about 22 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1916, 912 babies were given the name (ranked #196 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1910s. Sallie's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 50,063 babies have been registered as Sallie since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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