Calista Girl
How popular is Calista?
#1,592 girl name in 2025
131 baby girls were named Calista in the US in 2025, making it the 1592nd most popular girl name.
Calista popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,592 for girls (▼ 140 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 131 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-24% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,372 in 2015, #1,924 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1999 (490 girls) |
| Highest rank | #519 in 1999 |
| First recorded | 1894 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Calista counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Calista family of names ranked #933 for girls in 2025 (#934 the year before), with 229 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Calista is most popular
Babies named Calista per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Mexico: 0.2 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Arizona: 0.1 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (125 girls)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (36 girls)
Calista by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 31 | #1,236 |
| 1900s | 28 | #1,658 |
| 1910s | 128 | #1,656 |
| 1920s | 113 | #2,164 |
| 1930s | 83 | #2,385 |
| 1940s | 85 | #2,328 |
| 1950s | 88 | #2,805 |
| 1960s | 111 | #3,263 |
| 1970s | 220 | #2,666 |
| 1980s | 310 | #2,699 |
| 1990s | 1,056 | #519 |
| 2000s | 2,733 | #627 |
| 2010s | 1,764 | #1,054 |
| 2020s | 754 | #1,452 |
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Questions
- Is Calista a boy or girl name?
- Calista is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Calista were girls.
- How popular is the name Calista?
- 131 baby girls were named Calista in the US in 2025, making it the 1592nd most popular girl name.
- When was Calista most popular?
- Calista peaked in 1999, when 490 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #519 in 1999.
- How many people are named Calista?
- 7,504 babies have been named Calista in the US since 1880. We estimate about 7,015 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 21.
- Where is Calista most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Calista was most common in New Mexico, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.