Sascha
Sasha is a name which originated among Slavic peoples from Eastern and Southern Europe as the shortened version of Alexander and Alexandra. It is also used as a surname, although very rarely. Alternative spellings include: Саша, Сашо, Саше, Saša, Sasza (Polish), Sașa (Romanian), Sacha (French), Sascha (German), Sascia (Italian), Sasja and סשה.
- German
- Dutch
Meaning & Origin of Sascha
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sasha is a name which originated among Slavic peoples from Eastern and Southern Europe as the shortened version of Alexander and Alexandra. It is also used as a surname, although very rarely. Alternative spellings include: Саша, Сашо, Саше, Saša, Sasza (Polish), Sașa (Romanian), Sacha (French), Sascha (German), Sascia (Italian), Sasja and סשה.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
- Dutch
The Story of Sascha
As a girl name
Sascha first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1970, with 9 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1988: 64 births, good for #1,911 nationwide. About 28% of every Sascha on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Sascha last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 9 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Sascha on the record books as a boy name in 1967, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2007, when 17 Saschas were born — ranking #5,208 that year. About 26% of every Sascha on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Sascha last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 383 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Sascha
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About the name Sascha
Sascha is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1970 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Sascha's peak popularity came in 1988 when it ranked #1,911. Use the chart and map above to compare Sascha's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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