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Sasha

Russian and Ukrainian diminutive of Aleksandr or Aleksandra.

PronunciationRussian /ˈsa.ʂə/; English /ˈsæʃ.ə/; English /ˈsɑː.ʃə/; French /sa.ʃa/
Usage languagesEnglish, French, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian
US rank (2025)#683

Meaning and history

Sasha is a Russian and Ukrainian diminutive of Aleksandr or Aleksandra.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 983 births, rank #336
2007: 926 births, rank #350
2008: 916 births, rank #361
2009: 1,251 births, rank #261
2010: 944 births, rank #341
20112011: 858 births, rank #374
2012: 694 births, rank #450
2013: 707 births, rank #431
2014: 543 births, rank #564
2015: 578 births, rank #541
20162016: 589 births, rank #527
2017: 604 births, rank #518
2018: 539 births, rank #572
2019: 477 births, rank #628
2020: 482 births, rank #605
20212021: 529 births, rank #573
2022: 463 births, rank #636
2023: 483 births, rank #618
2024: 464 births, rank #636
20252025: 414 births, rank #683

Sasha moved from #638 to #684 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1988, with 1,886 births.