Callista
#3,577 for girls in 2025, 42 births
- Peak · girls
- 1999 · 137 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,485since 1914
Callista over time
Rank among girls' names. Callista has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,577 | 42 |
| 2024 | #3,892 | 38 |
| 2023 | #4,655 | 29 |
| 2022 | #3,365 | 47 |
| 2021 | #3,553 | 43 |
| 2020 | #3,091 | 51 |
| 2019 | #3,130 | 51 |
| 2018 | #3,677 | 41 |
| 2017 | #3,436 | 45 |
| 2016 | #2,667 | 65 |
| 2015 | #2,964 | 58 |
| 2014 | #2,922 | 58 |
| 2013 | #3,005 | 55 |
| 2012 | #2,373 | 78 |
| 2011 | #2,796 | 62 |
| 2010 | #3,075 | 54 |
| 2009 | #2,465 | 77 |
| 2008 | #2,485 | 76 |
| 2007 | #2,293 | 84 |
| 2006 | #2,419 | 77 |
| 2005 | #2,204 | 83 |
| 2004 | #2,100 | 86 |
| 2003 | #1,652 | 116 |
| 2002 | #1,897 | 93 |
| 2001 | #1,807 | 98 |
| 2000 | #1,588 | 111 |
| 1999 | #1,315 | 137 |
| 1998 | #1,567 | 105 |
| 1997 | #3,036 | 39 |
| 1996 | #3,831 | 28 |
| 1995 | #4,348 | 23 |
| 1994 | #4,687 | 21 |
| 1993 | #5,206 | 18 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 |
| 1991 | #5,181 | 18 |
| 1990 | #4,120 | 24 |
| 1989 | #4,358 | 21 |
| 1988 | #4,308 | 20 |
| 1987 | #3,101 | 30 |
| 1986 | #3,277 | 27 |
| 1985 | #4,455 | 17 |
| 1984 | #3,069 | 28 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Callista! It came in at #2,876, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1919–1920, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Callista is popular in 2001
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Tennessee#655 · 1 in 4,310
- Washington#689 · 1 in 4,104
- Illinois#1,152 · 1 in 8,797
- Ohio#1,252 · 1 in 11,914
- Florida#1,744 · 1 in 15,467
Best ever in a state: #514 in Wisconsin, 2000.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #655 | 7 | 1 in 4,310 |
| Washington | #689 | 7 | 1 in 4,104 |
| Illinois | #1,152 | 8 | 1 in 8,797 |
| Ohio | #1,252 | 5 | 1 in 11,914 |
| Florida | #1,744 | 5 | 1 in 15,467 |
| Texas | #1,937 | 8 | 1 in 19,152 |
| California | #2,076 | 10 | 1 in 22,227 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Indiana | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | — | — | — |
| Louisiana | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Michigan | — | — | — |
| Minnesota | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Missouri | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| New York | — | — | — |
| North Carolina | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Pennsylvania | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Callista
- 315 spots since 2024 (#3,892 → #3,577)
- 486 spots since 2020 (#3,091 → #3,577)
- 613 spots since 2015 (#2,964 → #3,577)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1999 at #1,315 (137 births)
- Births halved by 2010, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 12,948 girls born in 1999 were named Callista (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 38,268 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 36.3% of all girls named Callista (901) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 40 | #2,693 (1917) | #3,251 |
| 1920s | 23 | #4,286 (1927) | #4,534 |
| 1930s | 6 | #3,901 (1932) | #3,901 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 28 | #4,483 (1952) | #5,566 |
| 1960s | 5 | #6,804 (1967) | #6,804 |
| 1970s | 44 | #5,427 (1979) | #7,715 |
| 1980s | 197 | #3,069 (1984) | #4,319 |
| 1990s | 424 | #1,315 (1999) | #4,080 |
| 2000s | 901 | #1,588 (2000) | #2,091 |
| 2010s | 567 | #2,373 (2012) | #3,005 |
| 2020s | 250 | #3,091 (2020) | #3,689 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Callista in 2001
Top girls' names in 2001
More about 2001
girls
1,800,624 girls got a published name in 2001; 1 in 18,374 of them was named Callista, which outranked 89.9% of the 17,978 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,795Promise99
- #1,795Shaniyah99
- #1,795Valarie99
- #1,807Callista98
- #1,807Cecily98
- #1,807Danyelle98
- #1,807Jessa98
- #1,819Aliana97
- #1,819Amal97
- #1,819August97
Tied with 11 names at #1,807; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.