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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: steady

SallyIn Hebrew: סאלי · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Sally (Hebrew: סאלי) is a girl's name of international origin. 2,426 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 30 girls and ranked #389. Its peak year was 1996, with 94 babies.

People in Israel
2,426
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
30
rank #389
Peak year
1996
94 babies
USA, 2025
201
rank #1,150

Writing and saying Sally

In Hebrew letters the name is סאלי, read right to left. Sally is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Sally by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Sally: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Sally in English-speaking countries

Sally in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025201#1,1501947 (5,265)
United Kingdom202534#1,0511997 (288)
England and Wales202531#1,0801996 (309)
Scotland20253#7801976 (54)
Ireland202518#2412008 (33)
Alberta20251#2,5381980 (9)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Sally has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Sally

How do you write Sally in Hebrew?

Sally is written סאלי in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Sally?

2,426 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name סאלי: 2,182 women and 244 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Sally a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 89.9% of the people named סאלי are women.

Is Sally used outside Israel?

The name Sally appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 201 girls were given it in 2025 (#1,150), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 34 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.