Is Sanchez a boy or girl name?

Sanchez is a boy’s name. Of the 1,000 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 1.7% were girls and 98.3% were boys.

Sanchez

Recorded 1960–2025 · United States

Sanchez was most popular in 1989, when 41 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,368 that year. In 2025 it ranked #20,040, with 7 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,000 people named Sanchez.

Sanchez over time

Births per year. The dot marks Sanchez’s peak in 1989. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Sanchez a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Sanchez is a boy’s name — 1.7% of the 1,000 Americans given it were girls and 98.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Sanchez

Where Sanchez is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

Georgia 30.5×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org