Calista
#1,592 for girls in 2025, 131 births
- Peak · girls
- 1999 · 490 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,504since 1894
Calista over time
Rank among girls' names. Calista has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,592 | 131 |
| 2024 | #1,452 | 151 |
| 2023 | #1,709 | 120 |
| 2022 | #1,793 | 114 |
| 2021 | #1,516 | 139 |
| 2020 | #1,924 | 99 |
| 2019 | #1,373 | 164 |
| 2018 | #1,633 | 130 |
| 2017 | #1,489 | 149 |
| 2016 | #1,307 | 183 |
| 2015 | #1,372 | 172 |
| 2014 | #1,454 | 155 |
| 2013 | #1,371 | 170 |
| 2012 | #1,237 | 196 |
| 2011 | #1,164 | 210 |
| 2010 | #1,054 | 235 |
| 2009 | #1,272 | 191 |
| 2008 | #1,222 | 207 |
| 2007 | #1,001 | 264 |
| 2006 | #1,093 | 231 |
| 2005 | #1,067 | 223 |
| 2004 | #870 | 282 |
| 2003 | #889 | 271 |
| 2002 | #775 | 305 |
| 2001 | #697 | 358 |
| 2000 | #627 | 401 |
| 1999 | #519 | 490 |
| 1998 | #697 | 323 |
| 1997 | #2,820 | 43 |
| 1996 | #4,059 | 26 |
| 1995 | #4,348 | 23 |
| 1994 | #4,115 | 25 |
| 1993 | #4,100 | 25 |
| 1992 | #3,773 | 28 |
| 1991 | #3,207 | 34 |
| 1990 | #2,900 | 39 |
| 1989 | #3,165 | 33 |
| 1988 | #3,165 | 31 |
| 1987 | #3,331 | 27 |
| 1986 | #2,845 | 33 |
| 1985 | #3,008 | 30 |
| 1984 | #2,781 | 32 |
| 1983 | #2,783 | 31 |
| 1982 | #2,959 | 30 |
| 1981 | #2,986 | 29 |
| 1980 | #2,699 | 34 |
| 1979 | #2,860 | 30 |
| 1978 | #2,859 | 28 |
| 1977 | #2,666 | 31 |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 23 |
| 1975 | #3,637 | 18 |
| 1974 | #3,212 | 21 |
| 1973 | #2,689 | 26 |
| 1972 | #3,543 | 17 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 |
| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 |
| 1967 | #3,656 | 13 |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 |
| 1965 | #3,264 | 15 |
| 1964 | #3,379 | 15 |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 |
| 1952 | #2,806 | 15 |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 |
| 1948 | #2,329 | 18 |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 |
| 1937 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1936 | #2,386 | 12 |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 |
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 |
| 1930 | #2,425 | 13 |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 |
| 1928 | #2,768 | 11 |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 |
| 1926 | #2,165 | 17 |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 |
| 1924 | #2,514 | 14 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 |
| 1922 | #2,387 | 15 |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 |
| 1920 | #2,463 | 14 |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 |
| 1918 | #1,963 | 19 |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 |
| 1916 | #1,739 | 20 |
| 1915 | #1,883 | 17 |
| 1914 | #1,740 | 15 |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 |
| 1896 | #1,292 | 7 |
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 |
| 1894 | #1,237 | 7 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Calista! It came in at #1,237, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1903, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Calista
- 140 spots since 2024 (#1,452 → #1,592)
- 332 spots since 2020 (#1,924 → #1,592)
- 220 spots since 2015 (#1,372 → #1,592)
- Biggest jump: 2,123 spots in 1998 (#2,820 → #697)
- Biggest drop: 197 spots in 2005 (#870 → #1,067)
- Debuted 1894
- Peaked 1999 at #519 (490 births)
- Births halved by 2005, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1998–2004
- Highest: 1 in 3,620 girls born in 1999 were named Calista (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 12,269 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 36.4% of all girls named Calista (2,733) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 31 | #1,237 (1894) | #1,396 |
| 1900s | 28 | #1,659 (1904) | #1,788 |
| 1910s | 128 | #1,656 (1911) | #2,069 |
| 1920s | 113 | #2,165 (1926) | #3,081 |
| 1930s | 83 | #2,386 (1936) | #3,023 |
| 1940s | 85 | #2,329 (1948) | #3,386 |
| 1950s | 88 | #2,806 (1952) | #4,235 |
| 1960s | 111 | #3,264 (1965) | #4,171 |
| 1970s | 220 | #2,666 (1977) | #3,313 |
| 1980s | 310 | #2,699 (1980) | #2,972 |
| 1990s | 1,056 | #519 (1999) | #3,054 |
| 2000s | 2,733 | #627 (2000) | #951 |
| 2010s | 1,764 | #1,054 (2010) | #1,345 |
| 2020s | 754 | #1,452 (2024) | #1,664 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Calista in 2024
Top girls' names in 2024
More about 2024
girls
1,620,190 girls got a published name in 2024; 1 in 10,730 of them was named Calista, which outranked 91.8% of the 17,726 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,446Raine152
- #1,446Sana152
- #1,446Xitlali152
- #1,452Calista151
- #1,452Anyla151
- #1,452Nashly151
- #1,452Shirley151
- #1,457Adrienne150
- #1,457Aranza150
- #1,457Karma150
Tied with 4 names at #1,452; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.