Sachin
Masculine · “Of Shachi”
Sachin is an epithet of the god Indra, and its modern fame belongs to a cricketer: Sachin Tendulkar scored more international runs than anyone in the history of the game, and for a generation of Indians the name means him.
How old is the name Sachin?
Sachin first appears in US birth records in 1972 — 53 years ago. The typical Sachin alive today was born around 2003, making them about 22 years old. About 1,400 people named Sachin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Sachin most popular?
Sachin peaked in 1980, reaching #1655 nationally. Today it ranks #5608, 3,953 places below that high. See the whole 1980 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Śacī to Sachin
The story of Sachin
Śacī is Indra's wife in Hindu tradition and the epithet Sachin belongs to him through her. Its modern life is largely one man's: Sachin Tendulkar was named after the music director Sachin Dev Burman, made his Test debut for India at sixteen in 1989, and retired in 2013 having scored one hundred international centuries, a figure nobody else has reached. He is among the most recognized people in India. American records show the name from the 1970s with Indian migration and a peak in 1980 — before his career, which means the American use tracks the community rather than the cricketer.
Meaningscholars disagree
Of Shachi; an epithet of Indra
Sachin is generally derived from Sanskrit Śacī, the name of Indra's consort, giving Śacīn as an epithet of Indra himself — the lord of Shachi. That reading is the usual one. An alternative connects it to a word meaning pure existence, which is not well supported. The name is modern in use rather than classical.
How the name formed
- Śacī
- Sachin
Related forms: शची · सचिन · सचिन
Pronouncing Sachin
SUH-chin
Two syllables, stress on the first. The Hindi first vowel is a short a closer to a schwa; American speakers often say SAH-chin or sa-CHEEN.
Nicknames for Sachin
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1972
- Most boys named
- 201151 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1655reached in 1980
- Change vs 2024
- 0.0%16 in 2025, from 16
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Sachin in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- शची in Sanskrit — related form
- सचिन in Hindi — transliteration
- सचिन in Marathi — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York, Illinois.
Sachins among us
people named Sachin are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 106,755 born in 2025 was named Sachin
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Tonny test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Sachin's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Tonny climbed just as high around 1964, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Tonny's path sketches the road Sachin is walking now.
Sachin sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Sachin beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Sachin in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- It has one of the most admired sportsmen in the world as a bearer.
- Six letters and two syllables keep it compact.
- Every sound in it exists in English.
- The meaning is contested and the common alternative gloss is not supported.
- The stress placement varies among American speakers.
- It is unfamiliar outside Indian communities and cricket audiences.
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Masculine · #5608 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Sachins are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,400 people named Sachin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Sachin in 2025?
- Sachin ranks #5608 among US boy names in 2025, with 16 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Sachin?
- About 1 in every 106,755 US boys born in 2025 was named Sachin — 16 in all.
- Will my child share the name Sachin with classmates?
- Sachin will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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