Shasta

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Peak · girls
1978 · 227 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,320
since 1926

Shasta over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Shasta has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank19401960198020002020peak #698, 1978girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it. Not on the chart: 5 girls in 1926 (see the data table).

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#14,9425—
2024#8,94611—
2023#11,1698#12,2395
2022#11,2318—
2021#12,2067—
2020#15,0885—
2019#8,13813—
2018#8,61712—
2017#7,09216—
2016#10,8599—
2015#7,61315—
2014#13,0697—
2013#8,13514—
2012#9,71111—
2011#9,72311—
2010#7,51316—
2009#6,81119—
2008#7,07318—
2007#4,94429—
2006#5,38325—
2005#4,26732—
2004#5,55522—
2003#6,29918—
2002#4,07131—
2001#3,86433—
2000#2,85450—
1999#2,64053—
1998#2,49855—
1997#2,77644—
1996#2,34056—
1995#2,12563—
1994#1,81079—
1993#1,92273—
1992#1,507104—
1991#1,478107—
1990#1,257130—
1989#1,100152—
1988#1,164131—
1987#1,075142—
1986#984160—
1985#907174#6,5235
1984#821191—
1983#802194—
1982#817192#6,3855
1981#722228—
1980#752220—
1979#716235—
1978#698227#5,7725
1977#918153—
1976#861158—
1975#1,31683—
1974#1,43870—
1973#1,51062—
1972#1,77149—
1971#1,54663—
1970#3,31119—
1969#5,9747—
1968#4,48910—
1967#5,4577—
1966#3,95911—
1965#3,54913—
1964#5,0088—
1963#3,80112—
1962#4,26310—
1961#4,23910—
1960#3,35714—
1959#3,61912—
1958#4,5208—
1957#3,93010—
1956#4,1619—
1955#3,77810—
1954#2,88915—
1953#3,9559—
1952#4,9086—
1951#3,7149—
1950#5,3015—
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1948#3,8838—
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First appearance
1926

The first year at least five girls were named Shasta! It came in at #4,851, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1926–1947, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Shasta is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Shasta in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 5,996 spots since 2024 (#8,946 → #14,942)
  • 146 spots since 2020 (#15,088 → #14,942)
  • 7,329 spots since 2015 (#7,613 → #14,942)
  • Biggest jump: 455 spots in 1976
  • Biggest drop: 95 spots in 1982
Rise & fade · girls
52 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1926
  • Peaked 1978 at #698 (227 births)
  • Births halved by 1991, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1976–1986
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,748
  • Highest: 1 in 6,748 girls born in 1978 were named Shasta (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 41.3% of all girls named Shasta (1,784) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s5#4,851 (1926)#4,851
1930s0——
1940s8#3,883 (1948)#3,883
1950s93#2,889 (1954)#4,078
1960s102#3,357 (1960)#4,410
1970s1,119#698 (1978)#1,409
1980s1,784#722 (1981)#914
1990s764#1,257 (1990)#2,035
2000s277#2,854 (2000)#5,112
2010s124#7,092 (2017)#9,047
2020s44#8,946 (2024)#12,264

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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