Kallista — #9137 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kallista

The Social Security Administration has registered 875 babies named Kallista between 1985 and 2024, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kallista currently holds the #9137 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 59 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kallista performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 413 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kallista shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 52 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Kallista in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kallista 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 875 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.