# Saskia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/saskia/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Sassy |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,230 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,230 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,955, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 7,728 |
| 2012 | 33 | 4,473 |
| 2013 | 29 | 4,865 |
| 2014 | 19 | 6,664 |
| 2015 | 19 | 6,685 |
| 2016 | 27 | 5,110 |
| 2017 | 26 | 5,162 |
| 2018 | 27 | 4,988 |
| 2019 | 19 | 6,376 |
| 2020 | 23 | 5,466 |
| 2021 | 18 | 6,641 |
| 2022 | 30 | 4,658 |
| 2023 | 35 | 4,176 |
| 2024 | 41 | 3,746 |
| 2025 | 33 | 4,342 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 118 | 392 |
| 2012 | 99 | 454 |
| 2013 | 94 | 445 |
| 2014 | 66 | 613 |
| 2015 | 71 | 595 |
| 2016 | 72 | 585 |
| 2017 | 79 | 549 |
| 2018 | 59 | 680 |
| 2019 | 61 | 641 |
| 2020 | 59 | 637 |
| 2021 | 51 | 734 |
| 2022 | 57 | 655 |
| 2023 | 46 | 774 |
| 2024 | 56 | 676 |
| 2025 | 45 | 807 |

## People named Saskia

- Saskia Sassen, Dutch-American sociologist
- Saskia Bartusiak, German association football player
- Saskia Reeves, English actress
- Saskia Rosendahl, German actress
- Saskia Burmeister, Australian actress
- Saskia Alusalu, Estonian speed skater (born 1994)
- Saskia Clark, British sailor
- Saskia Bricmont, Belgian politician
- Saskia Webber, Association footballer
- Saskia Noort, Dutch author
- Saskia Vester, German actress
- Saskia de Brauw, Dutch artist

## 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.