Girls' name · since 1985
Calysta
499 babies named Calysta in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,871 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 499
- born since 1985
- 2000s
- peak decade
Calysta is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 499 have been recorded since 1985.
Calysta has 499 recorded births among girls since 1985, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1985 to 2022.
- #11,871 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 499 born since 1985
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Calysta ranks #11,871 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 499 born since 1985, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,871 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 499
- born since 1985
- 2000s
- peak decade
Calysta's 499 recorded births place it above 83.57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Calysta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Calysta splits its recorded history at 2007: 33% of all births land in the more recent half, 67% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1995 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1999 peak of 58 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Calysta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2022
- Peak year (1999)
- 58
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Calysta by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (248 births, 50% of the file).
2000s was Calysta's strongest decade.
248 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Calysta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 20
1980s
20 births
- 1990s
1990s
109 births
- 2000s
2000s
248 births
- 2010s
2010s
101 births
- 2020s 21
2020s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 248 births (50% of all-time use).
Calysta by state
Where Calysta concentrates geographically, total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 27 | 5.4% |
| #2 | California | | 24 | 4.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 5 | 1.0% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 5 | 1.0% |
27 of 499 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- Calysta's decade-level peak was the 2000s (248 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Calystas (27 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Calysta: 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 (~37 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, 1985–2022 (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 Calysta 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.