Sasha Girl
How popular is Sasha?
#683 girl name in 2025
414 baby girls were named Sasha in the US in 2025, making it the 683rd most popular girl name. Another 47 boys got the name (#2,718 for boys).
Sasha popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #683 for girls (▼ 47 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 414 girls, 47 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-28% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #541 in 2015, #605 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1988 (1,886 girls) |
| Highest rank | #147 in 1988 |
| First recorded | 1956 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 8% boys, 92% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Sasha counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Sasha family of names ranked #599 for girls in 2025 (#567 the year before), with 469 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sasha | 414 | 88% |
| Saisha | 55 | 12% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Sasha is most popular
Babies named Sasha per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 0.6 per 1,000 (7 girls)
- Maryland: 0.6 per 1,000 (60 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.6 per 1,000 (100 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.5 per 1,000 (65 girls)
- New York: 0.5 per 1,000 (199 girls)
Sasha by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 10 | #5,951 |
| 1960s | 155 | #1,897 |
| 1970s | 2,418 | #484 |
| 1980s | 9,698 | #147 |
| 1990s | 8,195 | #199 |
| 2000s | 8,648 | #261 |
| 2010s | 6,533 | #341 |
| 2020s | 2,835 | #573 |
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Questions
- Is Sasha a boy or girl name?
- Sasha is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 92% of babies named Sasha were girls.
- How popular is the name Sasha?
- 414 baby girls were named Sasha in the US in 2025, making it the 683rd most popular girl name. Another 47 boys got the name (#2,718 for boys).
- When was Sasha most popular?
- Sasha peaked in 1988, when 1,886 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #147 in 1988.
- How many people are named Sasha?
- 40,238 babies have been named Sasha in the US since 1880. We estimate about 39,528 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 28.
- Where is Sasha most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Sasha was most common in District of Columbia, at 0.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.