Sally Forename
1,143rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 818,012 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guernsey
Sally Forename User-submission:
The name Sally is a diminutive of Sarah, which means 'lady' or 'nobel woman'.
Sally Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 289,664 | 1:1,252 | 275 |
| Egypt | 100% | 140,106 | 1:656 | 116 |
| England | 100% | 110,043 | 1:505 | 108 |
| Sudan | 63% | 42,042 | 1:899 | 161 |
| Philippines | 95% | 34,217 | 1:3,098 | 582 |
| Australia | - | 29,278 | 1:466 | 103 |
| Iraq | 100% | 19,670 | 1:1,780 | 360 |
| Canada | 100% | 14,538 | 1:2,279 | 467 |
| Kenya | 100% | 13,952 | 1:3,319 | 556 |
| New Zealand | - | 8,535 | 1:531 | 117 |
| South Africa | 99% | 8,434 | 1:6,466 | 1,215 |
| Syria | - | 8,186 | 1:2,358 | 385 |
| Ghana | 75% | 7,978 | 1:3,383 | 488 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 6,877 | 1:4,481 | 709 |
| Wales | 100% | 4,470 | 1:692 | 166 |
| Mozambique | - | 4,320 | 1:6,306 | 1,134 |
| Indonesia | 96% | 4,140 | 1:62,310 | 7,584 |
| China | - | 3,439 | 1:397,225 | 23,578 |
| Scotland | 100% | 3,374 | 1:1,586 | 265 |
| Gambia | - | 2,922 | 1:659 | 152 |
| Nigeria | 92% | 2,740 | 1:64,805 | 4,321 |
| Ireland | 100% | 2,664 | 1:1,743 | 278 |
| Yemen | - | 2,612 | 1:10,068 | 697 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2,492 | 1:2,258 | 436 |
| Uganda | 96% | 2,491 | 1:16,442 | 1,425 |
| Israel | 92% | 2,474 | 1:3,396 | 636 |
| Senegal | 79% | 2,170 | 1:6,720 | 586 |
| Malaysia | 95% | 1,993 | 1:15,278 | 1,601 |
| Papua New Guinea | 78% | 1,696 | 1:4,807 | 516 |
| Peru | 100% | 1,634 | 1:19,456 | 1,590 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1,614 | 1:5,469 | 626 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,574 | 1:13,214 | 1,893 |
| Zimbabwe | 98% | 1,488 | 1:10,365 | 1,376 |
| Sweden | 100% | 1,451 | 1:6,794 | 677 |
| Afghanistan | 94% | 1,319 | 1:24,734 | 1,685 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,273 | 1:13,277 | 1,453 |
| Angola | - | 1,080 | 1:24,969 | 1,864 |
| Mexico | 100% | 1,038 | 1:119,600 | 2,785 |
| India | 100% | 1,021 | 1:1,189,890 | 73,642 |
| Malawi | 91% | 1,015 | 1:16,859 | 1,603 |
| Denmark | - | 977 | 1:5,782 | 632 |
| France | 97% | 977 | 1:68,035 | 1,806 |
| Singapore | 100% | 971 | 1:6,475 | 1,199 |
| Cameroon | 77% | 960 | 1:22,511 | 1,916 |
| Oman | 100% | 825 | 1:4,980 | 679 |
| Belgium | 100% | 802 | 1:14,327 | 1,292 |
| Qatar | 98% | 800 | 1:2,962 | 422 |
| Thailand | 100% | 772 | 1:90,759 | 7,939 |
| Palestine | 100% | 757 | 1:6,011 | 699 |
| Hong Kong | - | 753 | 1:10,296 | 952 |
| Zambia | - | 699 | 1:22,682 | 1,878 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 698 | 1:14,945 | 1,543 |
| Colombia | 100% | 684 | 1:69,852 | 2,684 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 656 | 1:2,075 | 412 |
| Bangladesh | - | 642 | 1:248,382 | 11,817 |
| Germany | 98% | 633 | 1:152,730 | 2,692 |
| Chile | 100% | 581 | 1:30,305 | 1,362 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 564 | 1:3,268 | 446 |
| Mali | 100% | 552 | 1:30,757 | 1,962 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 541 | 1:43,937 | 6,861 |
| Brazil | 100% | 540 | 1:396,734 | 14,062 |
| Morocco | - | 519 | 1:66,182 | 2,499 |
| Liberia | 95% | 499 | 1:8,842 | 861 |
| Spain | 100% | 496 | 1:93,810 | 2,787 |
| Ecuador | - | 433 | 1:40,940 | 1,609 |
| Fiji | - | 374 | 1:2,386 | 670 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 363 | 1:83,201 | 4,027 |
| Ivory Coast | 93% | 327 | 1:70,569 | 4,743 |
| Kuwait | - | 304 | 1:12,452 | 1,446 |
| Portugal | - | 295 | 1:35,291 | 1,384 |
| Mauritania | 91% | 280 | 1:14,626 | 1,157 |
| Bahrain | - | 266 | 1:5,070 | 791 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 250 | 1:253 | 63 |
| Bahamas | - | 236 | 1:1,692 | 395 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 234 | 1:35,100 | 1,842 |
| Panama | 100% | 229 | 1:17,059 | 1,807 |
| Italy | 100% | 222 | 1:275,054 | 3,542 |
| Jersey | - | 220 | 1:454 | 103 |
| Norway | 100% | 215 | 1:23,871 | 1,341 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 212 | 1:34,136 | 1,604 |
| Gabon | 100% | 200 | 1:9,417 | 1,573 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 195 | 1:2,979 | 441 |
| Botswana | 100% | 190 | 1:11,497 | 1,596 |
| Poland | 82% | 188 | 1:202,272 | 3,614 |
| Japan | - | 187 | 1:684,417 | 12,771 |
| Costa Rica | 99% | 186 | 1:25,634 | 1,561 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 162 | 1:99,435 | 2,203 |
| Finland | 100% | 155 | 1:35,375 | 1,458 |
| DR Congo | 86% | 151 | 1:488,925 | 17,342 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 146 | 1:48,986 | 4,436 |
| Tanzania | 91% | 142 | 1:371,749 | 11,904 |
| Greece | 100% | 133 | 1:82,215 | 2,398 |
| Vanuatu | - | 133 | 1:1,968 | 489 |
| Honduras | 100% | 124 | 1:71,109 | 2,708 |
| South Korea | - | 122 | 1:45,446 | 3,195 |
| Malta | - | 114 | 1:3,766 | 577 |
| Russia | 89% | 109 | 1:1,323,245 | 10,298 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 102 | 1:34,807 | 1,171 |
| Guyana | 100% | 98 | 1:7,788 | 1,260 |
| Jamaica | - | 98 | 1:29,421 | 2,053 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 90 | 1:117,793 | 2,732 |
| Argentina | 94% | 74 | 1:578,017 | 3,966 |
| Guam | - | 73 | 1:2,201 | 474 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 67 | 1:51,159 | 1,829 |
| Vietnam | - | 66 | 1:1,403,380 | 2,928 |
| Bermuda | - | 60 | 1:1,080 | 237 |
| Namibia | - | 58 | 1:41,451 | 2,767 |
| Georgia | 100% | 52 | 1:71,894 | 3,023 |
| Burkina Faso | 68% | 51 | 1:360,382 | 13,572 |
| Libya | - | 49 | 1:126,965 | 743 |
| Austria | 100% | 48 | 1:177,379 | 2,825 |
| El Salvador | - | 46 | 1:137,865 | 2,458 |
| Barbados | - | 43 | 1:6,739 | 882 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 42 | 1:2,613 | 507 |
| Gibraltar | - | 41 | 1:833 | 177 |
| Marshall Islands | 96% | 40 | 1:1,281 | 172 |
| Czechia | 78% | 37 | 1:288,004 | 1,928 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 36 | 1:167,176 | 4,628 |
| Brunei | - | 35 | 1:11,988 | 816 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 32 | 1:1,916 | 431 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 29 | 1:3,427 | 684 |
| Turkey | 100% | 29 | 1:2,682,818 | 16,510 |
| Grenada | 100% | 26 | 1:4,159 | 713 |
| Seychelles | - | 26 | 1:3,564 | 725 |
| Myanmar | - | 25 | 1:2,077,931 | 882 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 24 | 1:23,502 | 1,294 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 23 | 1:37,873 | 1,806 |
| Belize | 100% | 20 | 1:17,715 | 2,114 |
| Iran | - | 20 | 1:3,924,843 | 17,162 |
| American Samoa | - | 17 | 1:3,285 | 601 |
| Estonia | 100% | 17 | 1:77,375 | 3,612 |
| Hungary | 100% | 17 | 1:575,987 | 2,039 |
| French Polynesia | - | 16 | 1:17,369 | 1,803 |
| Macau | - | 16 | 1:38,013 | 487 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 16 | 1:710,715 | 1,599 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 16 | 1:443,041 | 536 |
| Kazakhstan | 83% | 15 | 1:1,183,123 | 11,783 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 15 | 1:7,439 | 1,138 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 14 | 1:2,232 | 502 |
| Cuba | - | 13 | 1:885,119 | 3,536 |
| Niger | 75% | 13 | 1:1,475,692 | 20,181 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 12 | 1:1,513 | 249 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 12 | 1:2,892 | 588 |
| Guinea | 100% | 11 | 1:1,078,059 | 3,355 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 11 | 1:7,729 | 208 |
| Monaco | 100% | 10 | 1:3,847 | 675 |
| Belarus | 80% | 9 | 1:1,053,598 | 5,565 |
| Ethiopia | - | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 8 | 1:2,034,166 | 23,777 |
| Haiti | - | 8 | 1:1,340,869 | 18,166 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 8 | 1:39,767 | 1,981 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 7 | 1:449 | 81 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 7 | 1:25,402 | 2,434 |
| Mauritius | - | 6 | 1:216,297 | 4,288 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Benin | - | 5 | 1:2,115,169 | 40,564 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| New Caledonia | - | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 4 | 1:581 | 152 |
| Romania | - | 4 | 1:5,012,994 | 31,756 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 3 | 1:1,174,819 | 6,090 |
| Dominica | - | 3 | 1:25,157 | 718 |
| Nepal | - | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Ukraine | - | 3 | 1:15,166,636 | 17,541 |
| Albania | - | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Armenia | - | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 2 | 1:264,576 | 4,841 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:24,564 | 1,836 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 2 | 1:27,430 | 2,159 |
| San Marino | - | 2 | 1:16,460 | 588 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Congo | - | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Croatia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Kiribati | - | 1 | 1:113,394 | 1,211 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Somaliland | - | 1 | 1:3,501,776 | 1,551 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
The alternate forms: Sallý (1) are calculated separately.
Sally (13,245) may also be a surname.
Sally Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The name Sally is a diminutive of Sarah, which means 'lady' or 'nobel woman'.
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