girls:
37.6k births since 1956
#706 (88th percentile)
boys:
1.6k births since 1964
#3049 (33rd percentile)
overall:
39.2k births since 1956
#1256 (84th percentile)
The name Sasha is the #1,256 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 39,247 recorded births since 1956. This represents the 83.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 83.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #706 (87.7% percentile) for all time with 37,609 births since 1956. For boys, it ranks #3,049 (33.5% percentile) for all time with 1,638 births since 1964.
Sasha first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1956 (1956 for girls and 1964 for boys). Birth data for Sasha is available in 66 out of the 68 years between 1956 and 2023 (66 years for girls and 58 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 Sasha has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 95.8% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 91.3% of babies named Sasha were girls.
For girls, Sasha reached its peak popularity in 1988, achieving the 82.0% percentile (ranked #146) with 981 births per million. The name was most common in 1988, with 981 births per million (ranked 82.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2010, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Sasha ranks #519 for girls (45.2% percentile) with 275 births per million, which is 28.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Sasha reached its peak popularity in 1981, achieving the 5.7% percentile (ranked #643) with 24 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 29 births per million (ranked 5.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Sasha ranks #870 for boys (4.5% percentile) with 25 births per million, which is 87.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sasha".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Sasha. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 49.0% confident that Sasha is pronounced as SAH-shuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SA-shuh, at 38.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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