Clista is a very rare girls' name that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Clista is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1978. Clista first appears in 1898 and peaked in 1920 (15 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 6 | — | #8,752 |
| 1975 | 6 | — | #8,183 |
| 1973 | 5 | — | #8,667 |
| 1971 | 6 | — | #7,556 |
| 1970 | 6 | — | #7,217 |
| 1969 | 6 | — | #6,779 |
| 1964 | 9 | — | #4,677 |
| 1963 | 5 | — | #6,770 |
| 1952 | 5 | — | #5,702 |
| 1951 | 6 | — | #4,941 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | #5,436 |
| 1949 | 7 | — | #4,308 |
| 1947 | 7 | — | #4,432 |
| 1945 | 5 | — | #4,675 |
| 1943 | 6 | — | #4,274 |
| 1942 | 5 | — | #4,743 |
| 1939 | 6 | — | #3,839 |
| 1938 | 5 | — | #4,439 |
| 1937 | 8 | — | #3,197 |
| 1936 | 5 | — | #4,306 |
| 1934 | 9 | — | #2,960 |
| 1933 | 5 | — | #4,330 |
| 1932 | 5 | — | #4,528 |
| 1931 | 6 | — | #3,953 |
| 1930 | 5 | — | #4,679 |
| 1928 | 9 | — | #3,217 |
| 1927 | 6 | — | #4,395 |
| 1925 | 7 | — | #4,102 |
| 1924 | 8 | — | #3,721 |
| 1923 | 5 | — | #5,098 |
| 1922 | 9 | — | #3,428 |
| 1921 | 5 | — | #5,262 |
| 1920 | 15 | — | #2,371 |
| 1919 | 9 | — | #3,257 |
| 1918 | 7 | — | #3,953 |
| 1917 | 8 | — | #3,406 |
| 1916 | 8 | — | #3,321 |
| 1915 | 5 | — | #4,410 |
| 1912 | 6 | — | #2,696 |
| 1908 | 5 | — | #2,180 |
| 1898 | 6 | — | #1,541 |