Sasha

Where Sasha comes from

Borrowed from the Slavic diminutive form of Alexander and Alexandra; in English mostly from Russian Са́ша (Sáša), a diminutive form for both Алекса́ндр m (Aleksándr, “Alexander”) and Алекса́ндра f (Aleksándra, “Alexandra”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Sasha
  • Russian
  • Ukrainian
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    Sasha Chorny born
    Russian poet, satirist and children's writer
  2. 1956
    First appearance
    #5,952 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1988
    Peak, #147
    1,886 babies named Sasha — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1993
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #317.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Russian or Ukrainian.
  • A female given name from Russian or Ukrainian.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Natasha.
Namesakes
  • Sasha Chorny · Russian poet, satirist and children's writer, 1880–1932

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.