Kalista Girl
How popular is Kalista?
#4,066 girl name in 2025
35 baby girls were named Kalista in the US in 2025, making it the 4066th most popular girl name.
Kalista popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #4,066 for girls (▼ 308 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 35 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-43% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,846 in 2015, #3,675 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1999 (182 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,092 in 1999 |
| First recorded | 1976 |
| 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 |
Kalista 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 Kalista is most popular
Babies named Kalista per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (20 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (19 girls)
Kalista by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 19 | #6,946 |
| 1980s | 82 | #5,185 |
| 1990s | 358 | #1,092 |
| 2000s | 1,107 | #1,316 |
| 2010s | 626 | #1,942 |
| 2020s | 227 | #3,675 |
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Questions
- Is Kalista a boy or girl name?
- Kalista is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kalista were girls.
- How popular is the name Kalista?
- 35 baby girls were named Kalista in the US in 2025, making it the 4066th most popular girl name.
- When was Kalista most popular?
- Kalista peaked in 1999, when 182 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,092 in 1999.
- How many people are named Kalista?
- 2,419 babies have been named Kalista in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,396 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 20.
- Where is Kalista most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kalista was most common in California, 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.