Girls' name · since 1998
Kallysta
Kallysta has 53 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #34,354 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 53
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kallysta sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 53 recorded since 1998.
Kallysta has 53 recorded births among girls since 1998, 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 1998 to 2006.
- #34,354 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 53 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kallysta ranks #34,354 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 53 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #34,354 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 53
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kallysta's 53 recorded births place it above 52.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kallysta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kallysta's full recorded timeline at 2001, 40% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 60% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1999 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kallysta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2006
- Peak year (1999)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Kallysta by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (30 births, 57% of the file).
2000s was Kallysta's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Kallysta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
23 births
- 2000s
2000s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 30 births (57% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kallysta: 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 (~8 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, 1998–2006 (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 Kallysta 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.