NameTides

Calista

Calista was the #1,592 girls' name in the US in 2025 (131 babies), and #1,892 in England & Wales and #1,065 in Canada.

Calista as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Calista as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Calista as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,592 (131)#1,892 (15)#1,065 (25)
2024#1,452 (151)#2,116 (13)#1,348 (18)
2023#1,709 (120)#1,959 (14)#1,254 (19)
2022#1,793 (114)#1,948 (14)#1,132 (22)
2021#1,516 (139)#2,201 (12)#1,592 (14)
2020#1,924 (99)#2,843 (8)#1,153 (21)
2019#1,373 (164)#3,151 (7)#1,408 (17)
2018#1,633 (130)#3,178 (7)#1,259 (19)
2017#1,489 (149)#2,201 (12)#1,673 (13)
2016#1,307 (183)#1,571 (20)#896 (30)
2015#1,372 (172)#2,705 (9)#1,267 (19)
2014#1,454 (155)#2,314 (11)#1,187 (21)
2013#1,371 (170)#4,050 (5)#1,057 (24)
2012#1,237 (196)#1,893 (15)#1,297 (19)
2011#1,164 (210)#2,275 (11)#923 (28)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1999 at #519.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1894.

How common is it?

about 1 in 12,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 12,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Calista is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 9,200 to 1 in 15,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Calista by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #811WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,240ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,035OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #997CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,180VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,437NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,358GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,921TXFlorida: #1,545FL
Calista (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,10010

Calista (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CalistaCanadaGirls#1,06525
CalistaEngland & WalesGirls#1,89215
CalistaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
CalistaUSGirls#1,592131