Shasta
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHAS-ta
- Origin
- Native American
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Shasta is a girls' name of Native American origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Shasta mean?
Native American: from the Shasta people and Mount Shasta, California
Mount Shasta, a volcano in northern California, takes its name from the Shasta people.
Is Shasta a girl's or a boy's name?
Shasta is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shasta in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Shasta, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1979, with 235 girls. It first appears in the records in 1926.
2025 had fewer girls named Shasta than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Shasta in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shasta in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 29 | #4,942 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,382 |
| 2005 | 32 | #4,263 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,551 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,067 |
| 2001 | 33 | #3,860 |
| 2000 | 50 | #2,850 |
| 1999 | 53 | #2,637 |
| 1998 | 55 | #2,495 |
| 1997 | 44 | #2,773 |
| 1996 | 56 | #2,337 |
| 1995 | 63 | #2,120 |
| 1994 | 79 | #1,805 |
| 1993 | 73 | #1,918 |
| 1992 | 104 | #1,504 |
| 1991 | 107 | #1,474 |
| 1990 | 130 | #1,253 |
| 1989 | 152 | #1,097 |
| 1988 | 131 | #1,163 |
| 1987 | 142 | #1,075 |
| 1986 | 160 | #984 |
| 1985 | 174 | #907 |
| 1984 | 191 | #821 |
| 1983 | 194 | #802 |
| 1982 | 192 | #817 |
| 1981 | 228 | #722 |
| 1980 | 220 | #752 |
| 1979 | 235 | #716 |
| 1978 | 227 | #698 |
| 1977 | 153 | #918 |
| 1976 | 158 | #861 |
| 1975 | 83 | #1,316 |
| 1974 | 70 | #1,438 |
| 1973 | 62 | #1,510 |
| 1972 | 49 | #1,771 |
| 1971 | 63 | #1,546 |
| 1970 | 19 | #3,311 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,488 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 11 | #3,958 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,548 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,800 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,262 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,238 |
| 1960 | 14 | #3,356 |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,519 |
| 1957 | 10 | #3,929 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,160 |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,777 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,888 |
| 1953 | 9 | #3,954 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,713 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,881 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
Names like Shasta
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sasha Aisha Shira Asha Summer Isha Krisha Anya Priya Aviva Anika Samara
More Native American names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Shasta: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shasta, updated 20 October 2026.