How popular is the name Calista?

Calista ranks 1,673rd among girls' names in US records, with 7,372 births since 1894. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,420.

Is Calista a unisex name?

No. Calista is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1999, when 490 children were given the name. It has been in use for 131 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#1,673 of girl names

Pronounced K AH0 L IH1 S T AH0 (ARPABET)

Calista is a girls' name, and first appears in 1894. It has been given to 7,372 children — the 1,673rd most common girls' name on record.

It has been slipping, down 32% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1999, when 490 children were given it.

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Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Calista?: Calista ranks 1,673rd among girls' names in US records, with 7,372 births since 1894. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,420.
Is Calista a unisex name?: No. Calista is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Calista most popular?: 1999, when 490 children were given the name. It has been in use for 131 years and is still recorded as of 2024.