How Many People Are Named Sasha?
people named Sasha are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 8,667 people in the US has this name
Based on 40,238 babies named Sasha in Social Security records from 1956 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,918 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Russian and Ukrainian diminutive of ALEKSANDR or ALEKSANDRA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Sasha, 95.7% were girls and 4.3% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1960s: 80.7% of the babies were girls then and 90.5% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sasha alive today is about 26 years old, and 54% are under 30. Half of them were between 15 and 37 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sasha first appears in the records in 1956 and was given most often in 1988, to 1,918 babies. In 2025, 461 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1956 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sasha has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #147, in 1988. In 2025 it ranked #684.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #684 |
| Best rank | #147 (1988) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #266 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sasha alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sasha were born in California than in any other state: about 6,020 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sasha was given 2.9 times as often in Hawaii, 1.8 times in District of Columbia and 1.6 times in New York.
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