How popular is the name Sasha?

Sasha ranks 637th among girls' names in US records, with 39,787 births since 1956. Over the past decade it accounts for 5,202.

Is Sasha a unisex name?

No. Sasha is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1988, when 1,886 children were given the name. It has been in use for 69 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#637 of girl names

Pronounced S AE1 SH AH0 (ARPABET)

Sasha is a girls' name, and first appears in 1956. It has been given to 39,787 children — the 637th most common girls' name on record.

It has been slipping, down 40% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1988, when 1,886 children were given it.

1988Girls: 1,886Boys: 32

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Sasha?: Sasha ranks 637th among girls' names in US records, with 39,787 births since 1956. Over the past decade it accounts for 5,202.
Is Sasha a unisex name?: No. Sasha is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Sasha most popular?: 1988, when 1,886 children were given the name. It has been in use for 69 years and is still recorded as of 2024.