Sanchez
Boy · SAN-chez · Spanish
Sanchez is a boys' name of Spanish origin, meaning “son of Sancho”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Sanchez mean?
Spanish: Spanish surname, 'son of Sancho'
“son of Sancho”
The Spanish surname meaning 'son of Sancho', a medieval name probably from Latin sanctus 'holy'.
- Say it
- SAN-chez
Is Sanchez a girl's or a boy's name?
Sanchez is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sanchez in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Sanchez in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Sanchez in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,503 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Sanchez in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Sanchez, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1990, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 1960.
Half of all the boys named Sanchez in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sanchez in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 25 | #3,886 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 20 | #4,038 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 26 | #3,213 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 22 | #3,386 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1993 | 21 | #3,135 |
| 1992 | 22 | #2,993 |
| 1991 | 32 | #2,221 |
| 1990 | 39 | #1,941 |
| 1989 | 35 | #2,022 |
| 1988 | 19 | #2,855 |
| 1987 | 26 | #2,211 |
| 1986 | 25 | #2,224 |
| 1985 | 19 | #2,596 |
| 1984 | 29 | #1,884 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,492 |
| 1982 | 28 | #1,928 |
| 1981 | 22 | #2,269 |
| 1980 | 30 | #1,852 |
| 1979 | 19 | #2,464 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,668 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 16 | #2,600 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
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