Callista Girl
How popular is Callista?
#3,576 girl name in 2025
42 baby girls were named Callista in the US in 2025, making it the 3576th most popular girl name.
Callista popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #3,576 for girls (▲ 316 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 42 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-28% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,964 in 2015, #3,091 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1999 (137 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,313 in 1999 |
| First recorded | 1914 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Callista counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Calista family of names ranked #933 for girls in 2025 (#934 the year before), with 229 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Callista is most popular
Babies named Callista per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Callista by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 40 | #2,692 |
| 1920s | 23 | #4,284 |
| 1930s | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1950s | 28 | #4,482 |
| 1960s | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1970s | 44 | #5,426 |
| 1980s | 197 | #3,068 |
| 1990s | 424 | #1,313 |
| 2000s | 901 | #1,586 |
| 2010s | 567 | #2,373 |
| 2020s | 250 | #3,091 |
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Questions
- Is Callista a boy or girl name?
- Callista is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Callista were girls.
- How popular is the name Callista?
- 42 baby girls were named Callista in the US in 2025, making it the 3576th most popular girl name.
- When was Callista most popular?
- Callista peaked in 1999, when 137 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,313 in 1999.
- How many people are named Callista?
- 2,485 babies have been named Callista in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,386 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 21.
- Where is Callista most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Callista was most common in Florida, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.