girls:
2.4k births since 1914
#3530 (38th percentile)
overall:
2.4k births since 1914
#5418 (30th percentile)
The name Callista is the #5,418 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,405 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 30.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 30.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,530 (38.2% percentile) for all time with 2,405 births since 1914.
Callista first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (first recorded for girls in 1914). Birth data for Callista is available in 66 out of the 110 years between 1914 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, Callista reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 14.9% percentile (ranked #754) with 70 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 70 births per million (ranked 14.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Callista ranks #923 for girls (2.5% percentile) with 17 births per million, which is 23.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Callista".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Callista", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 17 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Calista" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Calista..
Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Callista. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.1% confident that Callista is pronounced as kuh-LIH-stuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kuh-LEE-stuh, at 18.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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