Sasha
About Sasha
The energetic Russian nickname name Sasha is being used increasingly on its own, though since the prominence of the First Daughter, more than 90% of the American babies named Sasha are girls. Sacha Baron Cohen bears one of the alternate spellings.
Pronounced SAH-shuh.
As of October 2026, Sasha ranked #2748 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1408 in 1976, Nameberry popularity #785.
Editor's take: The name Sasha is a boy's name of Russian origin meaning "defending men".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #4,834 | 20 | 10.4 |
| 2015 | #3,216 | 36 | 18.8 |
| 2016 | #4,076 | 26 | 13.7 |
| 2017 | #4,718 | 21 | 11.3 |
| 2018 | #3,430 | 33 | 18.2 |
| 2019 | #3,555 | 32 | 17.8 |
| 2020 | #2,749 | 45 | 26.1 |
| 2021 | #2,488 | 54 | 30.9 |
| 2022 | #2,861 | 45 | 25.8 |
| 2023 | #2,793 | 46 | 26.9 |
| 2024 | #2,355 | 60 | 34.8 |
| 2025 | #2,748 | 47 | 27.5 |
World rankings
Similar names
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Sasha on lists
Famous Sashas
- Sasha Chorny (born Alexander Mikhailovich Glickberg)
Russian poet and satirist
- Alexander Vladimirovich "Sasha" Artemev
American gymnast
- Alexander "Sasha" Argov
Israeli composer
- Alexander Olegovich "Sasha" Kaun
Russian basketball player
- Aleksandar "Sasha" Pavlović
Montenegrin basketball player
- Sasha (born Alexander Paul Coe)
Welsh DJ and record producer.
- Sasha Caleb Victorine
American soccer player
- Sasha Farber
Russian,Australian dancer
- Sasha Mitchell
American actor
- Sasha Roiz
Israeli,Canadian actor
- Sasha Skenderija
Bosnian,American poet
- Aleksandar "Sasha" Vujačić
Slovenian basketball player
- Sasha Gabor
Hungarian,Norwegian actor
- Aleksandr "Sasha" Kolpakov
Russian musician
- Sasha Issenberg
American journalist and author
- Sasha Hemsworth (b. 2014)
son of actor Chris Hemsworth; twin of brother Tristan
- Sasha Blue Pownall (b. 2014)
son of actress Gabriella Wilde and musician Alan Pownall
- Sasha Pique Mebarak (b. 2015)
son of Shakira and footballer Gerard Pique
Sasha in pop culture
- Sasha
character in 2013 movie "Phantom"
- Sasha Belov
character in movie "Make It Or Break It"
- Sasha Nein
character in video game "Psychonauts"
- Sasha Barbicon
character in video game "Titanic: Adventure Out of Time"
- Sasha Thompson
character in the CHERUB series by Robert Muchamore
- Sasha
character in video game "Advance Wars: Dual Strike"
- Sasha
character in movie "2012"
- Sasha
bird in Disney's "Peter and the Wolf"
- Sasha
character in animated series "As Told by Ginger"
- Sasha
character in John le Carré's "Absolute Friends"
- Alexander "Sasha" Nikolaevich Hell
character in manga/anime "The Qwaser of Stigmata"
- Captain Sasha
character in the Ratchet & Clank video game series
- Sasha Roy
character on Disney's Backstage
- Sasha
character in "Falling"