Callisto — #14203 US unisex name
77 babies named Callisto in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 20% of names given to girls today.
38% of everyone ever named Callisto was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Callisto in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Callisto
The Social Security Administration has registered 77 babies named Callisto between 1998 and 2024, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Callisto currently holds the #14203 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Callisto is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 25 additional births since 2018.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Callisto performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 29 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Callisto shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Callisto 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 77 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.
Callisto at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Callisto popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1998
- Peak year (2016)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
Currently ranks #14203 among girls.
77 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 9 births in a single year.
Callisto popularity over time — boys
25 total births recorded since 2018 (Callisto as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Callisto accounts for 25% of total recorded use across both genders.
Callisto by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 29 births that decade — 38% of Callisto's all-time total
Callisto decade highlights
- Peak decade 29 births
- Runner-up 27 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Callisto's strongest decade
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
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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, 1998–2024 (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.