girls:
863 births since 1985
#4853 (15th percentile)
overall:
863 births since 1985
#6876 (11th percentile)
The name Kallista is the #6,876 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 863 recorded births since 1985. This represents the 11.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,853 (15.1% percentile) for all time with 863 births since 1985.
Kallista first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1985 (first recorded for girls in 1985). Birth data for Kallista is available in 37 out of the 39 years between 1985 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, Kallista reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 6.0% percentile (ranked #844) with 30 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 30 births per million (ranked 6.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2002, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kallista ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 17.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kallista".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kallista. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 71.4% confident that Kallista is pronounced as kuh-LIH-stuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kuh-LEE-stuh, at 28.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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