Satchel
Boy · SACH-el · English
Satchel is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “small bag”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Satchel mean?
English: from the English word satchel, via Old French
“small bag”
From the English word for a small bag; baseball great Leroy Paige was nicknamed Satchel.
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Is Satchel a girl's or a boy's name?
Satchel is a boys' name.
How popular is Satchel in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 40 boys. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the boys named Satchel in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Satchel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 34 | #3,018 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 21 | #3,971 |
| 2002 | 29 | #3,091 |
| 2001 | 24 | #3,507 |
| 2000 | 31 | #2,858 |
| 1999 | 22 | #3,475 |
| 1998 | 40 | #2,232 |
| 1997 | 35 | #2,344 |
| 1996 | 26 | #2,833 |
| 1995 | 26 | #2,757 |
| 1994 | 24 | #2,946 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
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