Girls' name · since 1976
Kalista
2,419 babies named Kalista in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,137 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,106 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,419
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kalista currently ranks #4106 among girls' names in America, with 2,419 babies recorded since 1976.
Kalista has 2,419 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4106 as of the latest data, more common than 76% of girls, 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 1976 to 2025.
- #4,137 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,106 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,419 born since 1976
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalista ranks #4,137 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,106 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,419 born since 1976, peaking in the 2000s.
- #4,137 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,106 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,419
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kalista's 2,419 recorded births place it above 94.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
23 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Kalista compares
2,419 Top 20% higher than 80% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kalista's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kalista | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,419 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 182 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kalista's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kalista's SSA record in two at 2002 and the more recent half accounts for 70% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 30%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1977, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1999 peak of 182, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kalista popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 182
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Kalista by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (1,107 births, 46% of the file).
2000s was Kalista's strongest decade.
1,107 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Kalista births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 19
1970s
19 births
- 1980s 82
1980s
82 births
- 1990s 358
1990s
358 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,107 births
- 2010s
2010s
626 births
- 2020s 227
2020s
227 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,107 births (46% of all-time use).
How Kalista compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Kalista's total volume
Kalista by state
Where Kalista concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 246 | 10.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 195 | 8.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 86 | 3.6% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 52 | 2.1% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 39 | 1.6% |
| #6 | New York | | 35 | 1.4% |
| #7 | Arizona | | 31 | 1.3% |
| #8 | Wisconsin | | 31 | 1.3% |
246 of 2,419 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Kalista appears in 23 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Kalista's data
- Kalista's decade-level peak was the 2000s (1,107 total births); usage has since declined to 227 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Kalistas (246 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Kalista: 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 (~49 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, 1976–2025 (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 Kalista 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.