Shasta comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning A name meaning 'white mountain'..
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How popular is Shasta?
1979peak year
Shasta first appears in the U.S. registration record in 1926. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 1979, 235 babies received the name (ranked #716). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #10853), with roughly 11 babies named Shasta each year. Shasta's usage has held roughly steady recently. In total, around 4,335 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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