Kalista — #3766 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kalista

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,384 babies named Kalista between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kalista currently holds the #3766 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 182 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kalista performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,107 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kalista shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 246 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Kalista in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kalista 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 2,384 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.