Sally
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from English. From English Sally. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1784.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Sally (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Sally has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2019. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 36 |
| 1999 | 25 |
| 2000 | 18 |
| 2001 | 18 |
| 2002 | 22 |
| 2003 | 12 |
| 2004 | 25 |
| 2005 | 28 |
| 2006 | 29 |
| 2007 | 54 |
| 2008 | 62 |
| 2009 | 89 |
| 2010 | 104 |
| 2011 | 96 |
| 2012 | 96 |
| 2013 | 121 |
| 2014 | 125 |
| 2015 | 156 |
| 2016 | 189 |
| 2017 | 190 |
| 2018 | 187 |
| 2019 | 214 |
| 2020 | 197 |
| 2021 | 202 |
| 2022 | 212 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,905 |
| 2000 | 1,854 |
| 2001 | 1,790 |
| 2002 | 1,737 |
| 2003 | 1,680 |
| 2004 | 1,648 |
| 2005 | 1,621 |
| 2006 | 1,601 |
| 2007 | 1,596 |
| 2008 | 1,617 |
| 2009 | 1,657 |
| 2010 | 1,727 |
| 2011 | 1,795 |
| 2012 | 1,846 |
| 2013 | 1,935 |
| 2014 | 2,018 |
| 2015 | 2,142 |
| 2016 | 2,334 |
| 2017 | 2,517 |
| 2018 | 2,700 |
| 2019 | 2,909 |
| 2020 | 3,060 |
Sally in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Sally.Hi! My name is Sally.
- Sally har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Sally has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Sallys mamma är lärare.Sally's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Sallys mamma is Sally's mum.
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Questions about Sally
How do you pronounce Sally in Swedish?
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What does the name Sally mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from English. From English Sally. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1784.
How popular is Sally in Sweden?
212 babies were named Sally in 2022. In 2020, 3,060 people in Sweden had Sally as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2019 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.