Sasha
Top 1000
About Sasha
Sasha, largely male in Russia--and also spelled Sascha and Sacha--is an energetic name that has really taken off for girls here, chosen by Jerry Seinfeld (using the alternate Sascha spelling) and other celebs. The Barack Obamas use it as the nickname for their younger daughter, whose proper name is Natasha. But in line with a trend toward softer-sounding boys' names like Asher and Joshua and thanks to Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen, Sasha also still has life as a boys' name too--it's popular in France for boys and girls almost equally.
Another notable female bearer is 2006 Olympic silver medalist skater Sasha Cohen; Sasha Alexander, on the TV show Rizzoli & Isles, was born Suzana. And Sasha Fierce is the name of Beyonce's alter ego.
Sasha was as high as 147 in 1988.
Pronounced SAH-shuh.
As of October 2026, Sasha ranked #684 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #147 in 1988, Nameberry popularity #300.
Editor's take: The name Sasha is a girl's name of Russian origin meaning "defending men".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #564 | 543 | 304 |
| 2015 | #542 | 578 | 323.8 |
| 2016 | #530 | 588 | 331.8 |
| 2017 | #519 | 604 | 349.8 |
| 2018 | #573 | 539 | 316.9 |
| 2019 | #629 | 477 | 284.2 |
| 2020 | #606 | 481 | 297.5 |
| 2021 | #573 | 529 | 322.4 |
| 2022 | #637 | 463 | 282.3 |
| 2023 | #619 | 483 | 301 |
| 2024 | #642 | 460 | 283.9 |
| 2025 | #684 | 414 | 257.6 |
World rankings
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Sasha on lists
Famous Sashas
- Natasha "Sasha" Obama
daughter of U.S. President Barack Obama
- Sasha Pieterse
American actress
- Sasha Velour
stage name of American drag performer and artist Alexander Steinberg, winner of RuPaul's Drag Race season 9.
- Alexandra Pauline "Sasha" Cohen
American figure skater
- Sasha Grey (born Marina Ann Hantzis)
American actress
- Sasha Alexander (born Suzana S. Drobnjaković)
American actress
- Aleksandra Igorevna "Sasha" Pivovarova
Russian model
- Sasha Luss
Russian model and actress
- Alexandra "Sasha" Vyacheslavovna Trusova
Russian figure skater
- Alexandra "Sasha" Barrese
American actress
- Sasha Agha (born Zara Agha Khan)
British actress and singer
- Sasha Alsberg
American author
- Sasha Nicole Clements
Canadian actress
- Dominique "Sasha" Lazard
American classical singer
- Sasha Meneghel
Brazilian model and actress; daughter of TV personality Xuxa Meneghel and model Luciano Szafir
- Sasha Andrews
Canadian footballer
- Sasha Ramos
American actress
- Sasha Kida Reynolds
American actress
- Sasha Dobson
American singer
- Sasha Montenegro (born Aleksandra Aćimović Popović)
Mexican actress
- Sasha (born Karen Chin)
Jamaican DJ
- Sasha Williams
Canadian actress
- Sasha Olson
American actress
- Sasha Hou
Chinese actress
- Sasha Marianne Sokol
Mexican singer and actress
- Sasha Cooke
American operatic mezzo,soprano
- Sasha Rebecca Spielberg
American actress
- Sasha Mallory
American contemporary/African jazz dancer
- Sasha Wells
daughter of actress Susannah York and Michael Wells
- Sasha Nugent
daughter of singer Ted Nugent
- Sasha Gabriella Fox
daughter of singer/actress Vanessa Williams and basketball player Rick Fox
- Sasha Sabbioni (b. 2000)
daughter of models Natasha Stefanenko and Luca Sabbioni
- Sasha Zhulin (b. 2000)
daughter of ice dancers Tatiana Navka and Alexander Zhulin
- Sasha Kirilenko (b. 2006)
daughter of singer Masha Kirilenko and basketball player Andrei Kirilenko
- Sasha Bigard (b. 2009)
daughter of comedian Jean,Marie Bigard
- Sasha Junqueira Matyushenko (b. 2015)
daughter of mixed martial artist Vladimir Matyushenko
- Sasha Bonilova (born May 20
1987) Ukrainian Playboy Playmate of the Month for May 2011
- Sasha Glasser
American special effects makeup artist, featured on the syfy show "Face Off"
Sasha in pop culture
- Sasha Fierce
alter ego of singer Beyonce
- Sasha Bezmel
on Australian soap "Home and Away"
- Sasha
character on TV's "The Walking Dead"
- Sasha Bordeaux
character in Batman comics
- Sasha
princess in "Orlando: A Biography" by Virginia Woolf
- Sasha La Fleur
Irish setter in the movie "All Dogs Go to Heaven 2"
- Sasha Silver
main character in the Canterwood Crest series
- Sasha Caylo
character in animated series "Titan Maximum"
- Sasha Braus
character in anime/manga "Attack on Titan"
- Sasha
cat in the Warriors series by Erin Hunter
- Sasha
Bratz doll
- Sasha
character in manga "Pita,Ten"
- Sasha
character in movie "Cube 2: Hypercube"
- Sasha
character in video game "Infamous"
- Sasha Athena
character in "Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas"
- Sasha
character in "The Mephisto Covenant" by Trinity Faegen
- Sasha
character in Aphmau's YouTube series
- Sasha
mentioned in song "Freedom of '76" by Ween
- Sasha Tran
character in movie "Always be my Maybe"
- Sasha James
character on "The Magnus Archives"
- Sasha
character in the Rooster Teeth animated series "Camp Camp"