# Sacha (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sacha/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,563 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 651 / 1,912 (75% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,555, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Sacha.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 16 | 7,783 |
| 2007 | 22 | 6,285 |
| 2008 | 19 | 7,020 |
| 2009 | 16 | 7,994 |
| 2010 | 21 | 6,344 |
| 2011 | 15 | 8,129 |
| 2012 | 16 | 7,732 |
| 2013 | 13 | 8,957 |
| 2014 | 8 | 12,861 |
| 2015 | 12 | 9,389 |
| 2016 | 5 | 18,369 |
| 2017 | 10 | 10,566 |
| 2020 | 7 | 13,225 |
| 2021 | 8 | 12,005 |
| 2024 | 5 | 17,231 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 5,632 |
| 2012 | 17 | 5,445 |
| 2013 | 9 | 8,636 |
| 2014 | 9 | 8,663 |
| 2015 | 14 | 6,251 |
| 2016 | 21 | 4,745 |
| 2017 | 16 | 5,736 |
| 2018 | 13 | 6,639 |
| 2019 | 14 | 6,351 |
| 2020 | 28 | 3,797 |
| 2021 | 43 | 2,908 |
| 2022 | 22 | 4,673 |
| 2023 | 21 | 4,857 |
| 2024 | 18 | 5,403 |
| 2025 | 30 | 3,739 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 26 | 1,102 |
| 2008 | 23 | 1,247 |
| 2009 | 14 | 1,837 |
| 2010 | 17 | 1,653 |
| 2011 | 14 | 1,903 |
| 2012 | 13 | 2,095 |
| 2013 | 12 | 2,176 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25 | 1,045 |
| 2012 | 26 | 1,051 |
| 2013 | 17 | 1,404 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,486 |
| 2015 | 18 | 1,380 |
| 2016 | 29 | 994 |
| 2017 | 26 | 1,097 |
| 2018 | 21 | 1,235 |
| 2019 | 23 | 1,152 |
| 2020 | 40 | 781 |
| 2021 | 30 | 985 |
| 2022 | 32 | 949 |
| 2023 | 37 | 857 |
| 2024 | 35 | 898 |
| 2025 | 36 | 873 |

## People named Sacha

- Sacha Baron Cohen, British comedian and actor (born 1971)
- Sacha Guitry, French playwright and filmmaker (1885-1957)
- Sacha Kljestan, American soccer player
- Sacha Distel, French musician (1933–2004)
- Sacha Boey, French footballer (born 2000)
- Sacha Dhawan, British actor
- Sacha Treille, French ice hockey player
- Sacha Hughes, Australian female tennis player
- Sacha Pitoëff, French actor and director (1920–1990)
- Sacha Vierny, French cinematographer (1919–2001)
- Sacha Fenestraz, French-Argentine racing driver
- Sacha Pfeiffer, American journalist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.