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Sacha

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To defend + man, through Са́ша

Sacha has been given to 2,563 babies in the U.S. since 1968. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1977, with 103 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 75% girls, 25% boys all-time.

Babies named Sacha, 2024

1 in 669,000

Sacha over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Sacha over time

In 2025, Sacha went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19682025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Sacha: meaning, origin, and history

To defend + man, through Са́ша

French

What Sacha means

Sacha belongs to the name family reached through Sacha → Sacha → Са́ша. Its meaning is “to defend + man”.

Origin, language, and formation

Sacha is used in English and French. Its origins include French.

Sacha comes through French Sacha.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Sasha, Sascha, Sacha and Са́ша.

Pronunciation and spelling

In French, Sacha is pronounced /sa.ʃa/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,912 girls were recorded with the name Sacha between 1968 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 103 in 1977; its best national rank was #1,197 in 1977.

In the United States, 651 boys were recorded with the name Sacha between 1970 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 43 in 2021; its best national rank was #2,120 in 1977.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,794 in 2020 to #3,738 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #6,247 in 2015 to #3,738 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Sacha?

Sacha had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024
1 in 669,000
5 of 3,342,801 births
Among girls only
1 in 324,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2024
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
463,412 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Sacha sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 463,412 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sacha. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sachas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sacha was born before 1984 — so the typical Sacha is around 41 today.

Median birth year
1984
About 41 years old
Biggest decade
1970s
33.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
16.9%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,912
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1970s — 33.1% of all recorded uses (632).

Is Sacha rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1977 (103)
Years since peak
48
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
30.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,197
1977

Spellings of Sacha

Sacha is not the most common spelling — Sara is, with 68.9% against Sacha's 0.30%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Sacha is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Sacha was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 179,662 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 50,000
  2. 2Massachusetts1 in 100,000
  3. 3New York1 in 100,000
  4. 4Colorado1 in —
  5. 5Connecticut1 in —
  6. 6Florida1 in —
  7. 7Georgia1 in —
  8. 8Illinois1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Sacha has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Sacha is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Sacha was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 244,100 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Sacha has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Sacha around the world

Where Sacha ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #5,927
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1974–2006
    #537
    in 2006
  • Northern Ireland
    1997–2002
    #286
    in 2002
  • Ireland
    1980–2008
    #862
    in 2008
  • France
    1971–2025
    #458
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #3,457
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1970–2010
    #521
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Sacha by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,197
1977
Peak year
1977
103 that year
First recorded
1968
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
1,912
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,738
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 56
Best rank ever
#2,120
1977
Peak year
2021
43 that year
First recorded
1970
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
651
Count in 2025
30

Names similar to Sacha

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Sacha

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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