Calista

girls:

7.2k births since 1894

#1917 (66th percentile)

overall:

7.2k births since 1894

#3172 (59th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Calista".

1894 2023 18942023

Key Statistics

Total Births
7,222
Peak Births
490
Peak Year
1999
First Recorded
1894
Peak Percentile
47.5%
Current Percentile
12.2%
Peak Rank
#320
Current Rank
#832
Female statistics

How to Pronounce Calista

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Calista. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 73.3% confident that Calista is pronounced as kuh-LIH-stuh. The next most likely pronunciation is kuh-LEE-stuh, at 20.0% confidence.

kuh-LIH-stuh (3 syllables)
Verified
73.3% confidence
K AH0 L IH1 S T AH0
kuh-LEE-stuh (3 syllables)
20.0% confidence
K AH0 L IY1 S T AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Calista. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Calista, please vote using the thumbs up button.

ka-LIH-stuh (3 syllables)
3 names 2.5k births
K AE0 L IH1 S T AH0
kuh-LIH-stah (3 syllables)
1 name 2.4k births
K AH0 L IH1 S T AA0

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like K AH0 L IH1 S T AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.