Sasha
Featured in baby name books
Sasha is a Russian pet form of Alexander or Alexandra, meaning “protector” or “defender of men.” Once an exotic nickname, also for Natasha, Sasha has stood alone since 1972, and President Obama’s younger daughter may lift it further; it is used for boys too, mostly outside the U.S.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
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Usage of Sasha in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Sasha against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Sasha is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Sasha in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 414 girls were named Sasha, making it the #683 girls' name in the US. Since 1956, 38,492 girls have been named Sasha, with the most (1,886) in 1988. It is most common, relative to births, in Connecticut, Mississippi and Nevada.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Sasha in other languages
- Saša Croatian, Czech, Serbian, Slovenian
- Александра Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian
- Sacha Dutch
- Sascha Dutch
- Sasja Swedish
- Sašo Slovenian
- Олександра Ukrainian
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Towns named Sasha
There are 2 towns and villages with Sasha in their name, in 2 countries.
🇮🇳 India 1🇺🇦 Ukraine 1
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Sasha | Chhattisgarh, 🇮🇳 India | – | Map |
| Sasha | Vinnytsia, 🇺🇦 Ukraine | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Sasha songs
3 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Sasha in their title. The best known:
- SASHA (Brewis)
- SASHA (Pinkston)
- What Have They Done to Us (ft. Sasha Alex Sloan) (from the series Arcane League of Legends) – Grey
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Sasha
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Sasha.
Sasha
Sasha Agha
Sasha Alexander
Sasha Andrews
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Fictional characters named Sasha
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Sasha as a pet name
FurryName has found 2,598 dogs named Sasha in public pet registers, making it the #49 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Playford (105), Golden Plains Shire (29), Fusagasugá (14). Sasha as a dog name →
FurryName has found 55 cats named Sasha in public pet registers, making it the #94 cat name there. Most of them are registered in Villavicencio (5), Surf Coast Shire (3), Golden Plains Shire (2). Sasha as a cat name →
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