NameTides

Kalista

Kalista was the #4,067 girls' name in the US in 2025 (35 babies), and #2,131 in Canada.

Kalista as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Kalista 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.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Kalista 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.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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#4,067 (35)—#2,131 (10)
2024#3,758 (40)#4,193 (5)—
2023#3,984 (37)—#1,898 (11)
2022#4,202 (34)—#2,835 (6)
2021#3,678 (41)—#2,185 (9)
2020#3,676 (40)——
2019#4,773 (28)——
2018#3,918 (37)—#3,286 (5)
2017#3,145 (51)——
2016#3,229 (50)—#1,690 (13)
2015#2,846 (61)—#2,363 (8)
2014#3,005 (56)—#3,316 (5)
2013#2,344 (78)——
2012#2,356 (79)#3,681 (6)#2,013 (10)
2011#2,258 (83)—#1,588 (14)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1999 at #1,094.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1976.

How common is it?

about 1 in 45,000 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 45,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kalista is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 44,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 37,000 to 1 in 53,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kalista by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: 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: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: 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: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth 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: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,921TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Kalista (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KalistaCanadaGirls#2,13110
KalistaEngland & WalesGirls—too few
KalistaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KalistaUSGirls#4,06735