girls:
4.3k births since 1926
#2615 (54th percentile)
boys:
20 births since 1978
#4566 (0th percentile)
overall:
4.3k births since 1926
#4167 (46th percentile)
The name Shasta is the #4,167 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,324 recorded births since 1926. This represents the 46.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 46.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,615 (54.2% percentile) for all time with 4,304 births since 1926. For boys, it ranks #4,566 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 20 births since 1978.
Shasta first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1926 (1926 for girls and 1978 for boys). Birth data for Shasta is available in 76 out of the 98 years between 1926 and 2023 (76 years for girls and 4 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Shasta has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.5% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 61.5% of babies named Shasta were girls.
For girls, Shasta reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 29.1% percentile (ranked #536) with 138 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 138 births per million (ranked 29.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Shasta ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 3.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Shasta reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #676) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Shasta ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 93.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shasta".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Shasta. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.7% confident that Shasta is pronounced as SHA-stuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHAH-stuh, at 14.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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