girl's name
Callista
- Gender Girl
- Letters 8
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 3,432
Callista is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 42 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
- Peaked in 1999, when 137 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 78,939 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1914.
Callista over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1910s | 40 |
| 1920s | 23 |
| 1930s | 6 |
| 1950s | 28 |
| 1960s | 5 |
| 1970s | 44 |
| 1980s | 197 |
| 1990s | 424 |
| 2000s | 901 |
| 2010s | 567 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 250 |
How popular is Callista?
In 2025, Callista was given to 42 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Callista is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Callista
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Callista also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Callista over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Callista
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Callista — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Callista
How popular is the name Callista?
In 2025, Callista was given to 42 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Is Callista a girl's or a boy's name?
Callista is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Callista most popular?
Callista peaked in 1999, when 137 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.
Is Callista a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Callista currently ranks #2,740 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.