Is Sasha a boy or girl name?

Sasha is primarily a girl name in U.S. records: about 96% of recorded births are female.

What is the average age of someone named Sasha?

The average Sasha alive today is an estimated 27 years old. People named Sasha were most often born around 1988.

When was the name Sasha most popular?

Sasha peaked in 1988 with 1,918 recorded births in the United States.

What vibe does the name Sasha have?

In one report's words: international, sibilant, compact. Sasha ranks #1262 among all U.S. first names since 1880.

Sasha — Name Meaning, Age & Vibe | Understand Your Name

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Origin & Meaning

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Originated in Eastern Europe as a diminutive of Aleksandr and Aleksandra, derived from the Greek Alexandros, meaning defender of men. American parents began registering the name in the mid-1950s, largely bypassing the longer root name altogether. In the United States, it settled almost exclusively on the girls' side of the ledger.

Also answers toSash

Fig. 1 — Births per annum, 1956–2025

SSA Data

1956 peak: 1,918 souls, A.D. 1988 2025

2025: 461 born, falling ↘

Estimated Age

27 yrs

Most Sashas were born around 1988 — old enough to remember phones with buttons.

Peak Reign

1988

№147 that year

Generation

Millennial, 39%

then Gen Z 34% · Gen Alpha 19%

Rarity

Top 2000 all-time

≈40K ever born · now falling

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Sasha grew up with

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MSN Messenger·Blockbuster Friday nights·dial-up internet

Generation Distribution — Living Sashas

SSA Data

Gen X 8%Millennial 39%Gen Z 34%Gen Alpha 19%

Data vs. Humans

What the data says

SSA Data

SSA: Sasha peaked in 1988.

Estimated average age: 27.

What people think

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First Impressions

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The name suggests a late-eighties birth certificate and a passport with stamps from at least three continents. It carries none of the clunky weight of midcentury naming trends, favoring instead a quick two-syllable bounce. A Sasha is rarely confused for anyone over fifty, given the birth records only started accumulating meaningfully during the Reagan administration. It is a name that sounds slightly more traveled than the person holding it might actually be.

Field Notes

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Field Note 01

Over seventy percent of all living Sashas in the country belong to either the Millennial generation or Gen Z.

Field Note 02

The name hit its high-water mark in 1988 when about two thousand newborn girls received it in a single year.

Field Note 03

Though historically unisex across Slavic regions, about ninety-six percent of American bearers are female.

Notable Sashas

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Sasha Cohenfigure skater, b. 1984

Sasha Alexanderactress, b. 1973

Sasha Pieterseactress, b. 1996

Adjacent Names

Talia · Kira · Sonya · Misha · Nadia · Maya

Ephemera — If Sasha were a…

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City

Santa Barbara

Color

Lapis

Job

Film editor

Object

Canvas weekender bag

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