Calista is an uncommon girls' name that peaked in 1999 and has grown less common since.
Calista is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,597 for girl births in the United States (and #2,946 across all names), given to 131 babies. Calista first appears in 1894 and peaked in 1999 (490 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 131 | 131 | #1,597 |
| 2024 | 151 | 151 | #1,453 |
| 2023 | 120 | 120 | #1,712 |
| 2022 | 114 | 114 | #1,795 |
| 2021 | 139 | 139 | #1,517 |
| 2020 | 99 | 99 | #1,927 |
| 2019 | 164 | 164 | #1,374 |
| 2018 | 130 | 130 | #1,634 |
| 2017 | 149 | 149 | #1,489 |
| 2016 | 183 | 183 | #1,307 |
| 2015 | 172 | 172 | #1,372 |
| 2014 | 155 | 155 | #1,455 |
| 2013 | 170 | 170 | #1,371 |
| 2012 | 196 | 196 | #1,238 |
| 2011 | 210 | 210 | #1,164 |
| 2010 | 235 | 235 | #1,057 |
| 2009 | 191 | 191 | #1,273 |
| 2008 | 207 | 207 | #1,223 |
| 2007 | 264 | 264 | #1,002 |
| 2006 | 231 | 231 | #1,093 |
| 2005 | 223 | 223 | #1,068 |
| 2004 | 282 | 282 | #870 |
| 2003 | 271 | 271 | #889 |
| 2002 | 305 | 305 | #775 |
| 2001 | 358 | 358 | #697 |
| 2000 | 401 | 401 | #627 |
| 1999 | 490 | 490 | #519 |
| 1998 | 323 | 323 | #697 |
| 1997 | 43 | — | #2,830 |
| 1996 | 26 | — | #4,076 |
| 1995 | 23 | — | #4,366 |
| 1994 | 25 | — | #4,136 |
| 1993 | 25 | — | #4,118 |
| 1992 | 28 | — | #3,787 |
| 1991 | 34 | — | #3,216 |
| 1990 | 39 | — | #2,911 |
| 1989 | 33 | — | #3,180 |
| 1988 | 31 | — | #3,170 |
| 1987 | 27 | — | #3,346 |
| 1986 | 33 | — | #2,854 |
| 1985 | 30 | — | #3,018 |
| 1984 | 32 | — | #2,786 |
| 1983 | 31 | — | #2,791 |
| 1982 | 30 | — | #2,964 |
| 1981 | 29 | — | #2,997 |
| 1980 | 34 | — | #2,702 |
| 1979 | 30 | — | #2,869 |
| 1978 | 28 | — | #2,870 |
| 1977 | 31 | — | #2,673 |
| 1976 | 23 | — | #3,104 |
| 1975 | 18 | — | #3,650 |
| 1974 | 21 | — | #3,224 |
| 1973 | 26 | — | #2,693 |
| 1972 | 17 | — | #3,560 |
| 1971 | 12 | — | #4,570 |
| 1970 | 14 | — | #4,059 |
| 1969 | 14 | — | #3,801 |
| 1968 | 9 | — | #4,818 |
| 1967 | 13 | — | #3,681 |
| 1966 | 8 | — | #4,910 |
| 1965 | 15 | — | #3,277 |
| 1964 | 15 | — | #3,389 |
| 1963 | 8 | — | #4,925 |
| 1962 | 8 | — | #4,910 |
| 1961 | 12 | — | #3,807 |
| 1960 | 9 | — | #4,483 |
| 1959 | 6 | — | #5,625 |
| 1958 | 8 | — | #4,553 |
| 1957 | 10 | — | #3,959 |
| 1956 | 8 | — | #4,497 |
| 1955 | 9 | — | #4,103 |
| 1954 | 6 | — | #5,207 |
| 1953 | 7 | — | #4,637 |
| 1952 | 15 | — | #2,828 |
| 1951 | 11 | — | #3,304 |
| 1950 | 8 | — | #3,997 |
| 1949 | 10 | — | #3,411 |
| 1948 | 18 | — | #2,335 |
| 1947 | 8 | — | #4,035 |
| 1946 | 6 | — | #4,489 |
| 1945 | 8 | — | #3,425 |
| 1944 | 8 | — | #3,416 |
| 1943 | 9 | — | #3,276 |
| 1942 | 7 | — | #3,786 |
| 1940 | 11 | — | #2,588 |
| 1939 | 8 | — | #3,173 |
| 1938 | 6 | — | #3,899 |
| 1937 | 10 | — | #2,762 |
| 1936 | 12 | — | #2,399 |
| 1935 | 6 | — | #3,806 |
| 1934 | 12 | — | #2,438 |
| 1932 | 8 | — | #3,312 |
| 1931 | 8 | — | #3,260 |
| 1930 | 13 | — | #2,439 |
| 1929 | 6 | — | #4,129 |
| 1928 | 11 | — | #2,791 |
| 1927 | 9 | — | #3,318 |
| 1926 | 17 | — | #2,173 |
| 1925 | 6 | — | #4,510 |
| 1924 | 14 | — | #2,536 |
| 1923 | 6 | — | #4,454 |
| 1922 | 15 | — | #2,402 |
| 1921 | 15 | — | #2,392 |
| 1920 | 14 | — | #2,482 |
| 1919 | 13 | — | #2,533 |
| 1918 | 19 | — | #1,974 |
| 1917 | 10 | — | #2,914 |
| 1916 | 20 | — | #1,744 |
| 1915 | 17 | — | #1,893 |
| 1914 | 15 | — | #1,749 |
| 1913 | 6 | — | #2,876 |
| 1912 | 11 | — | #1,735 |
| 1911 | 9 | — | #1,679 |
| 1910 | 8 | — | #1,793 |
| 1909 | 7 | — | #1,793 |
| 1904 | 6 | — | #1,685 |
| 1903 | 5 | — | #1,831 |
| 1902 | 5 | — | #1,824 |
| 1900 | 5 | — | #1,969 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | #1,636 |
| 1897 | 5 | — | #1,581 |
| 1896 | 7 | — | #1,305 |
| 1895 | 7 | — | #1,319 |
| 1894 | 7 | — | #1,252 |