Callista — #3891 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Callista

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,443 babies named Callista between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Callista currently holds the #3891 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 137 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Callista performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 901 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Callista shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 223 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Callista in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Callista 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 2,443 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.