Sascha
Mostly boys · SAH-shuh · Greek
Sascha is a name of Greek origin, meaning “defender of the people”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Sascha mean?
Greek: German spelling of Sasha, the Russian pet form of Alexander and Alexandra
“defender of the people”
- Say it
- SAH-shuh
Is Sascha a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Sascha has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US.
How popular is Sascha in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2021, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Sascha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 68% of the babies named Sascha in the UK in 1997, and 36% in 2021.
Sascha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
How popular is Sascha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 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, 12 boys in the US were named Sascha, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2007, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1967.
Half of all the boys named Sascha in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2009, 68% of the babies named Sascha in the US were girls.
Sascha in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 13 | #2,620 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
Names like Sascha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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