Recorded 1894–2025 · United States
Calista was most popular in 1999, when 490 American babies were given the name — ranking #980 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,940, with 131 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 7,504 people named Calista.
Calista first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1894, which makes it about 131 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 124 of the 132 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 7,504 American births named Calista between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 7,003 are estimated to be alive today.
131 American babies were named Calista in 2025, ranking #2,940 that year.
Calista is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 131 births a year, against 181 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -27% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Calista is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 7,504 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 7,003 Americans named Calista are alive today — 93% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 21 years old, and half are between 13 and 27.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org