Girls' name · since 1894
Calista
7,504 babies named Calista in U.S. Social Security records since 1894, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,978 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,594 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,504
- born since 1894
- 2000s
- peak decade
7,504 babies have been named Calista since 1894, making it today's #1594 girls' name.
Calista has 7,504 recorded births among girls since 1894, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1594 as of the latest data, more common than 91% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1894 to 2025.
- #1,978 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,594 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 7,504 born since 1894
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Calista ranks #1,978 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,594 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 7,504 born since 1894, peaking in the 2000s.
- #1,978 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,594 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,504
- born since 1894
- 2000s
- peak decade
Calista's 7,504 recorded births place it above 97.26% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
36 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Calista compares
7,504 Top 11% higher than 89% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Calista's all-time total is 20x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Calista | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 7,504 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 490 | 21 | 19,840 |
Calista's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Calista's full recorded timeline at 1964, 92% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 8% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1897, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1999 peak of 490 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Calista popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1894–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 490
- Annual births at peak, across 132 years of records
Calista by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (2,733 births, 36% of the file).
2000s was Calista's strongest decade.
2,733 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Calista births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 31
1890s
31 births
- 1900s 28
1900s
28 births
- 1910s 128
1910s
128 births
- 1920s 113
1920s
113 births
- 1930s 83
1930s
83 births
- 1940s 85
1940s
85 births
- 1950s 88
1950s
88 births
- 1960s 111
1960s
111 births
- 1970s 220
1970s
220 births
- 1980s 310
1980s
310 births
- 1990s 1,056
1990s
1,056 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,733 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,764 births
- 2020s 754
2020s
754 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 2,733 births (36% of all-time use).
How Calista compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Calista's total volume
Calista by state
Where Calista concentrates geographically, total births since 1894
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 963 | 12.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 523 | 7.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 287 | 3.8% |
| #4 | New York | | 286 | 3.8% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 259 | 3.5% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 237 | 3.2% |
| #7 | Arizona | | 205 | 2.7% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 191 | 2.5% |
963 of 7,504 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 36 reporting states.
Calista appears in 36 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Calista's data
- Calista's decade-level peak was the 2000s (2,733 total births); usage has since declined to 754 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Calistas (963 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Calista: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~131 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1894–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Calista draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.