Calista — #1458 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Calista

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,372 babies named Calista between 1894 and 2024, spanning 131 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Calista currently holds the #1458 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 490 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Calista performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 2,733 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Calista shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 936 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Calista in 36 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Calista 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 7,372 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.