Shresta — girls' name
141 babies named Shresta in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
141 girls have been named Shresta since 2009, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2023.
- 141
- total births
- 2009–2023
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 70%
- born in that decade
70% of everyone ever named Shresta was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Shresta in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shresta
The Social Security Administration has registered 141 babies named Shresta between 2009 and 2023, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shresta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shresta performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 99 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shresta shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shresta in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shresta in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 141 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Shresta at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shresta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2009
- Peak year (2010)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
141 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 14 births in a single year.
Shresta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 99 births that decade — 70% of Shresta's all-time total
Shresta decade highlights
- Peak decade 99 births
- Runner-up 35 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Shresta's strongest decade
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 70% of all-time use.
Shresta by state
Where Shresta concentrates geographically — total births since 2009
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.5% |
5 of 141 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2009–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.