I know one little Sally, and I think it is great name.
I also think you need to take this site with a pinch of salt sometimes.
When pregnant with DD2, I asked about her name (Katherine) and got very similar results to you - boring, 1970s, dull name etc... But roll on a few years, and now I see people recommending it all the time
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Like you, I wanted a name that was different to the norm (so not one of a 100 Emilys, Evies, Lillys, Chloes etc), but nothing too out of the norm. For us, Katherine did that, and Sally does the same thing. Everyone knows the name, but chances are she'll be the only child with that name in her school. My children have this, and they rather like it
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