How Many People Are Named Calista?
people named Calista are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 48,847 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,504 babies named Calista in Social Security records from 1894 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
490 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Feminine form of CALLISTUS. As an English name it might also be a variant of KALLISTO.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Calista in English. Counting Calista and these spellings together, about 9,953 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Calista in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Calista alive today is about 21 years old, and 87% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 26 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Calista first appears in the records in 1894 and was given most often in 1999, to 490 babies. In 2025, 131 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1894 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Calista has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #519, in 1999. In 2025 it ranked #1,597.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,597 |
| Best rank | #519 (1999) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #915 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Calista alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Calista were born in California than in any other state: about 954 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Calista was given 2.1 times as often in Arizona, 1.6 times in Washington and 1.5 times in California.
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