Calista
Calista is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 150 births. Its best rank was 519th, in 1999.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1500.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 1999490 births
- Best rank
- #519in 1999
- Since 1894
- 7,372people given the name
The story in the numbers
7,372 girls have been named Calista in the United States since 1894, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1999, with 490 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2004, and the 2000s alone account for 37%. It has spent 7 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Calista | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 31 | |
| 1900s | 28 | |
| 1910s | 128 | |
| 1920s | 113 | |
| 1930s | 83 | |
| 1940s | 85 | |
| 1950s | 88 | |
| 1960s | 111 | |
| 1970s | 220 | |
| 1980s | 311 | |
| 1990s | 1,056 | |
| 2000s | 2,733 | |
| 2010s | 1,763 | |
| 2020s | 622 |
In 1999, its biggest year
Calista was the 519th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1999 were Emily, Hannah, Alexis, Sarah and Samantha. See all of 1999.
Names that rose and fell with Calista
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Callistapeak 1999
- Dyanipeak 2001
- Kalistapeak 1999
- Faithpeak 2003
- Hallepeak 2002
- Mikennapeak 2003
- Kiyapeak 2002
- Alayshapeak 2001
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.