Given name
Shreshta
“the best; one who is superior”
Shreshta is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “the best; one who is superior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “the best; one who is superior.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2009. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shreshta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 124
- 0 boys · 124 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,786 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −6%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,786 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 2018.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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