Sasha

#683 for girls in 2025, 414 births · #2,718 for boys in 2025, 47 births
Given to girls 95.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1988 · 1,886 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
38,492
since 1956

Sasha over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Sasha has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #147, 1988girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#683414#2,71847
2024#636464#2,34560
2023#618483#2,73747
2022#636463#2,83045
2021#573529#2,46454
2020#605482#2,72845
2019#628477#3,49632
2018#572539#3,37333
2017#518604#4,59421
2016#527589#3,99026
2015#541578#3,14936
2014#564543#4,70220
2013#431707#4,31322
2012#450694#3,89426
2011#374858#3,51030
2010#341944#3,45331
2009#2611,251#3,10537
2008#361916#2,75344
2007#350926#2,37254
2006#336983#3,60228
2005#371844#5,03416
2004#368850#2,88735
2003#368827#3,44326
2002#367810#2,88232
2001#424662#3,14328
2000#476579#2,57836
1999#466567#3,03127
1998#431615#3,48621
1997#417625#2,75028
1996#380699#1,84249
1995#366715#2,55629
1994#374694#2,39232
1993#317839#3,24620
1992#291948#2,99922
1991#2781,002#2,60626
1990#1991,491#1,87041
1989#1681,698#2,15432
1988#1471,886#1,98932
1987#1521,802#1,76037
1986#2251,159#2,22625
1985#380598#3,07015
1984#445466#2,95615
1983#406531#2,08525
1982#480434#2,26922
1981#433491#1,43344
1980#370633#1,65535
1979#508390#2,66917
1978#484402#2,27920
1977#557315#1,85827
1976#626249#1,39041
1975#668228#2,20520
1974#625248#1,88624
1973#582271#2,40516
1972#863149#2,08019
1971#1,140102#1,98721
1970#1,52664#2,29316
1969#1,89743#3,0629
1968#2,09133#2,20014
1967#2,27228#2,7609
1966#4,4939
1965#5,2897
1964#4,6369#4,0395
1963#4,8968
1962#6,5785
1961#5,8516
1960#5,1687
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First appearance
1956

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 1991

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Sasha, so not publishedAKMaine: #159 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 751 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Sasha, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Sasha, so not publishedNHWashington: #368 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,210 girlsWAIdaho: #145 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 602 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Sasha, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #127 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 482 girlsNDMinnesota: #364 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,748 girlsMNIllinois: #424 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 2,872 girlsILWisconsin: #505 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,065 girlsWIMichigan: #306 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 2,157 girlsMINew York: #169 for girls · 117 births · 1 in 1,017 girlsNYMassachusetts: #255 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,513 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Sasha, so not publishedRIOregon: #214 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,124 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Sasha, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Sasha, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Sasha, so not publishedSDIowa: #200 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,108 girlsIAIndiana: #268 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,833 girlsINOhio: #281 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 1,949 girlsOHPennsylvania: #223 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 1,392 girlsPANew Jersey: #200 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 1,262 girlsNJConnecticut: #150 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 806 girlsCTCalifornia: #313 for girls · 151 births · 1 in 1,732 girlsCAUtah: #174 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 782 girlsUTColorado: #594 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,165 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Sasha, so not publishedNEMissouri: #361 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,498 girlsMOKentucky: #225 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,341 girlsKYWest Virginia: #177 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 974 girlsWVVirginia: #248 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,537 girlsVAMaryland: #364 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,510 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Sasha, so not publishedDEArizona: #323 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,720 girlsAZNew Mexico: #243 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,042 girlsNMKansas: #316 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,909 girlsKSArkansas: #240 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,338 girlsARTennessee: #365 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,535 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #259 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,660 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #318 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,927 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #263 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 977 girlsDCOklahoma: #392 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,437 girlsOKLouisiana: #446 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,783 girlsLAMississippi: #459 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,692 girlsMSAlabama: #579 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,414 girlsALGeorgia: #376 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,462 girlsGAHawaii: #186 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 721 girlsHITexas: #350 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 2,099 girlsTXFlorida: #174 for girls · 77 births · 1 in 992 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Dakota#127 · 1 in 482
  2. Idaho#145 · 1 in 602
  3. Connecticut#150 · 1 in 806
  4. Maine#159 · 1 in 751
  5. New York#169 · 1 in 1,017

Best ever in a state: #34 in Hawaii, 1986.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#12771 in 482
Idaho#14591 in 602
Connecticut#150231 in 806
Maine#15981 in 751
New York#1691171 in 1,017
Florida#174771 in 992
Utah#174171 in 782
West Virginia#17791 in 974
Hawaii#18671 in 721
Iowa#200141 in 1,108
New Jersey#200371 in 1,262
Oregon#214151 in 1,124
Pennsylvania#223511 in 1,392
Kentucky#225161 in 1,341
Arkansas#24091 in 1,338
New Mexico#24391 in 1,042
Virginia#248241 in 1,537
Massachusetts#255241 in 1,513
North Carolina#259241 in 1,660
District of Columbia#26361 in 977
Indiana#268191 in 1,833
Ohio#281361 in 1,949
Michigan#306281 in 2,157
California#3131511 in 1,732
Kansas#31671 in 1,909
South Carolina#318101 in 1,927
Arizona#323151 in 1,720
Texas#350651 in 2,099
Missouri#361131 in 2,498
Maryland#364111 in 2,510
Minnesota#364101 in 2,748
Tennessee#365121 in 2,535
Washington#368141 in 2,210
Georgia#376171 in 2,462
Oklahoma#39271 in 2,437
Illinois#424271 in 2,872
Louisiana#44691 in 2,783
Mississippi#45951 in 2,692
Wisconsin#50571 in 4,065
Alabama#57951 in 4,414
Colorado#59451 in 4,165
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Delaware
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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
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1956
  • Peaked 1988 at #147 (1,886 births)
  • Births halved by 1993, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 54 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1972–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 944
  • Highest: 1 in 944 girls born in 1988 were named Sasha (0.11%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,882 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 25.2% of all girls named Sasha (9,698) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s10#5,952 (1956)#6,019
1960s155#1,897 (1969)#4,317
1970s2,418#484 (1978)#758
1980s9,698#147 (1988)#321
1990s8,195#199 (1990)#352
2000s8,648#261 (2009)#368
2010s6,533#341 (2010)#495
2020s2,835#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 1991

girls
#278
1,002 births · 1 in 1,871 girls
boys
#2,606
26 births · 1 in 77,705 boys

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #278Sasha1,002

Top boys' names in 1991

  1. #1Michael60,810
  2. #2Christopher47,111
  3. #3Matthew41,647
  4. #4Joshua41,226
  5. #5Andrew31,539
  6. #6Daniel30,935
  7. #7James30,514
  8. #8David30,416
  9. #9Joseph29,840
  10. #10John27,809
  11. #2,606Sasha26
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 1,871 of them was named Sasha, which outranked 98.2% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sasha
  1. #275Carla1,009
  2. #276Michele1,007
  3. #277Ruby1,004
  4. #278Sasha1,002
  5. #279Kristine997
  6. #280Tracy995
  7. #281Brittani988
Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. 1,600Rebeccah#2,600#1,000
  2. 1,221Ieshia#1,938#717
  3. 1,135Miriah#2,081#946
  4. 861Alexus#1,813#952
  5. 676Chynna#1,512#836
Fallers
  1. 568Infant#432#1,000
  2. 510Lakeshia#897#1,407
  3. 466Latifah#701#1,167
  4. 432Martika#757#1,189
  5. 416Cecily#575#991

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 77,705 of them was named Sasha, which outranked 73.0% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sasha
  1. #2,544Vijay27
  2. #2,544Wolfgang27
  3. #2,544Yehoshua27
  4. #2,606Sasha26
  5. #2,606Aamir26
  6. #2,606Adel26
  7. #2,606Aden26
  8. #2,683Adnan25
  9. #2,683Aleksandr25
  10. #2,683Alon25

Tied with 76 names at #2,606; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. 4,462Devante#5,382#920
  2. 1,656Unnamed#2,628#972
  3. 1,496Jaleel#2,373#877
  4. 811Gunnar#1,516#705
  5. 672Dijon#1,587#915
Fallers
  1. 1,000Arsenio#744#1,744
  2. 773Brittany#995#1,768
  3. 281Infant#389#670
  4. 281Jarret#881#1,162
  5. 273Elton#963#1,236

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1991