Sascha

UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

To defend + man, through Са́ша

Sascha has been given to 1,530 babies in the U.S. since 1970. 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 1988, with 64 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 74% girls, 26% boys all-time.

Babies named Sascha, 2024

1 in 371,000

Sascha 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Sascha over time

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

19672025

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.

Sascha: meaning, origin, and history

To defend + man, through Са́ша

Russian

What Sascha means

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

Origin, language, and formation

Sascha is used in Danish and German. Its origins include Russian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Александра, Алекса́ндра and Са́ша.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,135 girls were recorded with the name Sascha between 1970 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 64 in 1988; its best national rank was #1,925 in 1988.

In the United States, 395 boys were recorded with the name Sascha between 1967 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 17 in 2007; its best national rank was #2,717 in 1970.

Over 10 years its rank rose, from #7,934 in 2015 to #7,110 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 Sascha?

Sascha 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 371,000
9 of 3,342,801 births
Among girls only
1 in 180,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2024
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
257,451 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Sascha 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 257,451 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sascha. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Saschas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sascha was born before 1995 — so the typical Sascha is around 30 today.

Median birth year
1995
About 30 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
28.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
43.4%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,135
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 28.5% of all recorded uses (323).

Is Sascha 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 1988 (64)
Years since peak
37
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
37.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,925
1988

Spellings of Sascha

Sascha is not the most common spelling — Sasha is, with 37.7% against Sascha's 1.1%.

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 Sascha is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Sascha was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 249,673 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3New York1 in —
  4. 4Texas1 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. Sascha has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Sascha is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Sascha was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 757,944 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 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. Sascha has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Sascha around the world

Where Sascha 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
    1996–2021
    #4,634
    in 2021
  • Scotland
    1991–1996
    #611
    in 1996
  • France
    1993–2023
    #7,017
    in 2023
  • Canada
    1991–2005
    #1,435
    in 2005
  • South Australia
    1969–2013
    #818
    in 2013

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

Sascha 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
#1,925
1988
Peak year
1988
64 that year
First recorded
1970
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
1,135
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,110
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#2,717
1970
Peak year
2007
17 that year
First recorded
1967
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
395
Count in 2025
12

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Sibling names for Sascha

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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