girls:
7.2k births since 1894
#1917 (66th percentile)
overall:
7.2k births since 1894
#3172 (59th percentile)
The name Calista is the #3,172 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 7,222 recorded births since 1894. This represents the 59.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 59.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,917 (66.5% percentile) for all time with 7,222 births since 1894.
Calista first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1894 (first recorded for girls in 1894). Birth data for Calista is available in 122 out of the 130 years between 1894 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Calista reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 47.5% percentile (ranked #466) with 252 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 252 births per million (ranked 47.5% percentile). Despite a low point in 2009, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Calista ranks #832 for girls (12.2% percentile) with 69 births per million, which is 27.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Calista".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Calista. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 73.3% confident that Calista is pronounced as kuh-LIH-stuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kuh-LEE-stuh, at 20.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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