Shasta
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 15 babies a year in the US.
Shasta by the numbers
Shasta was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 235 babies in 1979, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Shasta
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Shasta. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Sashadefender of mankind; form of alexander620 in the US (2017)
- Shayagift from god; a form of Shaya or Isaiah13 in England and Wales (2025)
- ShawnaGod is gracious; feminine form of Sean29 in the US (2017)
- Shaktipower; energy; divine feminine power19 in the US (2017)
- ShannaGod is gracious; a form of Johanna19 in the US (2017)
- Santaholy, sacred; feminine form of Sanctus11 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Shasta
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