Sanchez
Sanchez was the 10496th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1980, when it ranked 1904th; the most babies were born in 1990 (39). Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,560 places. More babies were named Sanchez in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #10,496 boys, down 1,888 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 7boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 199039 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,000babies recorded
Sanchez popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 17 since 1980.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,496 | 7 |
| 2020 | #8,608 | 9 |
| 2010 | #5,985 | 15 |
| 2000 | #3,281 | 26 |
| 1990 | #1,962 | 39 |
| 1980 | #1,904 | 30 |
| 1970 | #5,315 | 5 |
| 1960 | #3,608 | 7 |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Sanchez, counting every spelling?
Sanchez has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Sanchez?
7 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Sanchez (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Sanchez born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,224 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Sanchez.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Sanchez?
About 900 people born in the US named Sanchez are alive today, with a median age of 32; half are between 20 and 42. That makes Sanchez mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Sanchez: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Sanchez, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Sanchez
How popular is the name Sanchez?
Sanchez was the 10496th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1980, when it ranked 1904th; the most babies were born in 1990 (39). Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,560 places. More babies were named Sanchez in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Sanchez a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Sanchez in the US.