Shreshta
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHRESH-ta
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Shreshta is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “best, most excellent”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Shreshta mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit shreshtha
“best, most excellent”
The same Sanskrit word gives Shrestha, a common Newar surname in Nepal.
Is Shreshta a girl's or a boy's name?
Shreshta is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shreshta in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 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, 8 girls in the US were named Shreshta, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 2009.
Half of all the girls named Shreshta in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shreshta in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
Names like Shreshta
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Viha Prisha Aadhya Saanvi Sanvi Anvika Aavya Dhriti Navya Vibha Vaani Aarya
Names related to Shreshta
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Avyaan Ishaan Siya Leena
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, “Shreshta: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shreshta, updated 20 October 2026.