girls:
1.1k births since 1970
#4590 (20th percentile)
boys:
378 births since 1967
#4208 (8th percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1967
#6241 (19th percentile)
The name Sascha is the #6,241 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,504 recorded births since 1967. This represents the 19.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 19.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,590 (19.7% percentile) for all time with 1,126 births since 1970. For boys, it ranks #4,208 (8.2% percentile) for all time with 378 births since 1967.
Sascha first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1967 (1967 for boys and 1970 for girls). Birth data for Sascha is available in 56 out of the 57 years between 1967 and 2023 (54 years for girls and 46 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Sascha has been given predominantly to girls, with 74.9% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 41.2% of babies named Sascha were girls. Interestingly, until around 1972, the name was more popular for boys (65.4% boys from 1967 to 1971), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (76.3% girls from 1972 to 2023).
For girls, Sascha reached its peak popularity in 1988, achieving the 7.3% percentile (ranked #749) with 33 births per million. The name was most common in 1988, with 33 births per million (ranked 7.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Sascha ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 12.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Sascha reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #871) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Sascha ranks #906 for boys (0.5% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 71.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sascha".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Sascha. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 80.5% confident that Sascha is pronounced as SAH-shuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SA-shuh, at 19.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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