Sali

Girls' name

To be good, right, proper; to be sound, whole; to suit; etc., through صالح

Sali has been given to 7 babies in the U.S. since 1951. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1951, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Sali, 1951

1 in 526,000

Sali over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Sali: meaning, origin, and history

To be good, right, proper; to be sound, whole; to suit; etc., through صالح

Arabic

What Sali means

Sali belongs to the name family reached through Sali → صالح. Its meaning is “to be good, right, proper; to be sound, whole; to suit; etc.”.

Origin, language, and formation

Sali is used in Albanian and Tausug. Its origins include Arabic.

Sali comes through Arabic صالح.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include صالح.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Tausug, Sali is pronounced /sali/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 7 girls were recorded with the name Sali between 1951 and 1951. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1951; its best national rank was #4,747 in 1951.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Sali?

Sali had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1951, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1951: 1 in 526,000; 7 of 3,682,692 births
Among girls only: 1 in 257,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1951: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 364,665 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Sali sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1951 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 364,665 children born in 1951 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sali. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Salis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sali was born before 1951 — so the typical Sali is around 74 today.

Median birth year: 1951; About 74 years old
Biggest decade: 1950s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 7; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1950s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (7).

Is Sali rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1951 (7)
Years since peak: 74; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #4,747; 1951

Spellings of Sali

Sali is not the most common spelling — Sara is, with 24.9% against Sali's <0.01%.

Sara24.9%436,193
Sally11.7%205,229
Sadie8.5%149,681
Kari3.4%59,696
Sallie2.8%49,961
Shari2.3%40,927
Tami2.2%37,927
Talia1.9%34,154

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Sali around the world

Where Sali ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1997–2012
#5,876
in 2012
France
1985–2025
#5,285
in 2025

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Sali by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,747; 1951
Peak year: 1951; 7 that year
First recorded: 1951
Last recorded: 1951
All-time count: 7
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Sali

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Salai Salish Saleh Salix Saleya Salani Salud Salay Salym Salet Salaeli Salea Salmo Saly Saleth Salida Salone Saliya Salora Hulali Salana Lali Salise Xitali

Sibling names for Sali

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Kathlyn Randy Oralia Roseanna Roseanne Louann Celestine Nanci

For a brother

Artis Williams Rogers Ivory Donn Jacky Ike Dannie

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