How rare is the name Shasta?

3,614 people in the United States have the first name Shasta, about 1 in 83,573. It ranks #4,928 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

SHASTA

#4,928

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,614
About
1 in 83,573
This common or more
84.7%
Who bears it

Of the 3,614 people named Shasta, 75.2% reported their origin as White, 11.1% as Black and 5.6% as two or more races. 98.1% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Shasta peaked in 1979, when 235 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19262025
Peak year
1979
Births that year
235
In 2025*
5 ▼98%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,340 babies have been given the name since 1926. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Shasta by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,547. The largest share of babies named Shasta, 50.4%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1920s#13,8275
1940s#11,5608
1950s#6,05593
1960s#6,402102
1970s#1,8371,124
1980s#1,5471,794
1990s#3,200764
2000s#8,024277
2010s#14,604124
2020s#18,28349
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Baby boom 1946–643.6%
Generation X 1965–8032.1%
Millennials 1981–9650.4%
Generation Z 1997–1210.8%
2013 and later3.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Shasta is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Shasta has been most common in Oregon (6.4×), Idaho (4.2×), and Tennessee (3.8×), and least common in Missouri (0.64×).

2,282 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Shasta

1 other first name also has 3,614 people.

#4,928 Audrianna · 3,614

Either side of Shasta

#4,925 Honey · 3,615#4,928 Audrianna · 3,614#4,930 Soo · 3,613#4,931 Tyshawn · 3,611

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Shasta, most common first.

#13,032 Shaista · 937

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