Sasha
#683 for girls in 2025, 414 births · #2,718 for boys in 2025, 47 births
Given to girls 95.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1988 · 1,886 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 38,492since 1956
Sasha over time
Rank among girls' names. Sasha has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #683 | 414 | #2,718 | 47 |
| 2024 | #636 | 464 | #2,345 | 60 |
| 2023 | #618 | 483 | #2,737 | 47 |
| 2022 | #636 | 463 | #2,830 | 45 |
| 2021 | #573 | 529 | #2,464 | 54 |
| 2020 | #605 | 482 | #2,728 | 45 |
| 2019 | #628 | 477 | #3,496 | 32 |
| 2018 | #572 | 539 | #3,373 | 33 |
| 2017 | #518 | 604 | #4,594 | 21 |
| 2016 | #527 | 589 | #3,990 | 26 |
| 2015 | #541 | 578 | #3,149 | 36 |
| 2014 | #564 | 543 | #4,702 | 20 |
| 2013 | #431 | 707 | #4,313 | 22 |
| 2012 | #450 | 694 | #3,894 | 26 |
| 2011 | #374 | 858 | #3,510 | 30 |
| 2010 | #341 | 944 | #3,453 | 31 |
| 2009 | #261 | 1,251 | #3,105 | 37 |
| 2008 | #361 | 916 | #2,753 | 44 |
| 2007 | #350 | 926 | #2,372 | 54 |
| 2006 | #336 | 983 | #3,602 | 28 |
| 2005 | #371 | 844 | #5,034 | 16 |
| 2004 | #368 | 850 | #2,887 | 35 |
| 2003 | #368 | 827 | #3,443 | 26 |
| 2002 | #367 | 810 | #2,882 | 32 |
| 2001 | #424 | 662 | #3,143 | 28 |
| 2000 | #476 | 579 | #2,578 | 36 |
| 1999 | #466 | 567 | #3,031 | 27 |
| 1998 | #431 | 615 | #3,486 | 21 |
| 1997 | #417 | 625 | #2,750 | 28 |
| 1996 | #380 | 699 | #1,842 | 49 |
| 1995 | #366 | 715 | #2,556 | 29 |
| 1994 | #374 | 694 | #2,392 | 32 |
| 1993 | #317 | 839 | #3,246 | 20 |
| 1992 | #291 | 948 | #2,999 | 22 |
| 1991 | #278 | 1,002 | #2,606 | 26 |
| 1990 | #199 | 1,491 | #1,870 | 41 |
| 1989 | #168 | 1,698 | #2,154 | 32 |
| 1988 | #147 | 1,886 | #1,989 | 32 |
| 1987 | #152 | 1,802 | #1,760 | 37 |
| 1986 | #225 | 1,159 | #2,226 | 25 |
| 1985 | #380 | 598 | #3,070 | 15 |
| 1984 | #445 | 466 | #2,956 | 15 |
| 1983 | #406 | 531 | #2,085 | 25 |
| 1982 | #480 | 434 | #2,269 | 22 |
| 1981 | #433 | 491 | #1,433 | 44 |
| 1980 | #370 | 633 | #1,655 | 35 |
| 1979 | #508 | 390 | #2,669 | 17 |
| 1978 | #484 | 402 | #2,279 | 20 |
| 1977 | #557 | 315 | #1,858 | 27 |
| 1976 | #626 | 249 | #1,390 | 41 |
| 1975 | #668 | 228 | #2,205 | 20 |
| 1974 | #625 | 248 | #1,886 | 24 |
| 1973 | #582 | 271 | #2,405 | 16 |
| 1972 | #863 | 149 | #2,080 | 19 |
| 1971 | #1,140 | 102 | #1,987 | 21 |
| 1970 | #1,526 | 64 | #2,293 | 16 |
| 1969 | #1,897 | 43 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #2,091 | 33 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1967 | #2,272 | 28 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | — | |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 | — | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | — | |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | — | |
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| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | — | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Sasha! It came in at #5,952, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1956–1959, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Sasha is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Connecticut#422 · 1 in 3,164
- Massachusetts#518 · 1 in 5,704
- Virginia#583 · 1 in 5,921
- California#606 · 1 in 4,727
- Indiana#654 · 1 in 7,408
Best ever in a state: #34 in Hawaii, 1986.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Connecticut | #422 | 5 | 1 in 3,164 |
| Massachusetts | #518 | 6 | 1 in 5,704 |
| Virginia | #583 | 5 | 1 in 5,921 |
| California | #606 | 29 | 1 in 4,727 |
| Indiana | #654 | 5 | 1 in 7,408 |
| Florida | #720 | 7 | 1 in 6,355 |
| New York | #796 | 13 | 1 in 8,526 |
| Illinois | #1,147 | 5 | 1 in 14,919 |
| Texas | #1,282 | 6 | 1 in 16,061 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Sasha
- 47 spots since 2024 (#636 → #683)
- 78 spots since 2020 (#605 → #683)
- 142 spots since 2015 (#541 → #683)
- Biggest jump: 281 spots in 1973 (#863 → #582)
- Biggest drop: 133 spots in 2014 (#431 → #564)
- Debuted 1956
- Peaked 1988 at #147 (1,886 births)
- Births halved by 1993, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1972–2025
- Highest: 1 in 944 girls born in 1988 were named Sasha (0.11%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,882 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 25.2% of all girls named Sasha (9,698) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 10 | #5,952 (1956) | #6,019 |
| 1960s | 155 | #1,897 (1969) | #4,317 |
| 1970s | 2,418 | #484 (1978) | #758 |
| 1980s | 9,698 | #147 (1988) | #321 |
| 1990s | 8,195 | #199 (1990) | #352 |
| 2000s | 8,648 | #261 (2009) | #368 |
| 2010s | 6,533 | #341 (2010) | #495 |
| 2020s | 2,835 | #573 (2021) | #625 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Sasha in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 10,210 of them was named Sasha, which outranked 91.1% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #855Shonna151
- #855Tawanna151
- #862Tressa150
- #863Sasha149
- #863Bessie149
- #863Lenore149
- #863Marisela149
- #869Frankie148
- #870Ginny147
- #870Katy147
Tied with 5 names at #863; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 85,348 of them was named Sasha, which outranked 63.8% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,020Willam20
- #2,020Yaakov20
- #2,020Yaphet20
- #2,080Sasha19
- #2,080Abdullah19
- #2,080Ajay19
- #2,080Akil19
- #2,158Anand18
- #2,158Anil18
- #2,158Augusto18
Tied with 77 names at #2,080; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.