Sala
Sala is a given name with several origins. In Hungarian, a short for the Biblical name Solomon and also a variant of the name Salah. Notable people named Sala include:Sala Baker, New Zealand actor and stuntman Sala Burton (1925–1987), United States Representative from California Sala Fa'alogo, New Zealand rugby league player Sala, folk hero who killed a tiger; see Hoysala Empire#History
Meaning & Origin of Sala
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sala is a given name with several origins. In Hungarian, a short for the Biblical name Solomon and also a variant of the name Salah. Notable people named Sala include:Sala Baker, New Zealand actor and stuntman Sala Burton (1925–1987), United States Representative from California Sala Fa'alogo, New Zealand rugby league player Sala, folk hero who killed a tiger; see Hoysala Empire#History
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The Story of Sala
The earliest SSA record of Sala as a baby girl name dates back to 1966, when 5 babies received it. 1996 was its biggest year on record, with 12 newborns named Sala — #7,130 in the national rankings. About 22% of every Sala on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Sala last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 276 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Sala
Sala is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1966 and has accumulated 276 births in the dataset. Sala's peak popularity came in 1996 when it ranked #7,130. Use the chart and map above to compare Sala's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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