Recorded 1999–2014 Boys' name Peak 2001 36 births

Sashank — boys' name

36 babies named Sashank in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s52000s202010s11
2000s
Peak decade

56% of everyone ever named Sashank was born in this single decade.

2001
Single peak year

8 babies were named Sashank in 2001 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sashank

The Social Security Administration has registered 36 babies named Sashank between 1999 and 2014, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sashank currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sashank performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sashank shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sashank in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 36 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Sashank at a glance

Last recorded 2014

Total births

36

Since 1999

16 years of records

Peak year

2001

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2014

Active since

1999

Recorded for 16 years

Last year on file: 2014

Sashank popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1999

Last recorded 2014
Peak year (2001)
8
Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
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Sashank by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
20 births that decade — 56% of Sashank's all-time total
1990s52000s202010s11

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sashank?
36 babies have been named Sashank since 1999. It was last recorded in 2014. The peak year was 2001 with 8 births.
When was Sashank most popular?
Sashank was most popular in the 2000s decade with 20 total births. The single peak year was 2001.
How long has the name Sashank been used?
Sashank has been recorded in Social Security data since 1999, spanning 16 years of data through 2014.
What names are similar to Sashank?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Sasha, Sascha, Sasuke, Sasan, and 1 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1999–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.