Calysta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Calysta

The Social Security Administration has registered 499 babies named Calysta between 1985 and 2022, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Calysta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 58 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Calysta performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 248 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Calysta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 27 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Calysta in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Calysta 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 499 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.