Calista
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-LIS-ta
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,961 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,592 for girls
Calista is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “most beautiful”. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 1,592nd for girls in the US (131 babies).
What does Calista mean?
Greek: from Greek kalliste
“most beautiful”
Kallisto, a nymph of Greek myth, was turned into a bear and placed among the stars as Ursa Major.
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Is Calista a girl's or a boy's name?
Calista is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 131 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Calista in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,961among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 83% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Calista, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 26 girls.
Half of all the girls named Calista in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 25 girls in the UK were given Calista or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,169, up from #1,961 for this spelling alone.
- Calista 15
- Callista 10
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales.
Calista in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,961 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,957 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 20 | #1,653 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,914 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,912 |
| 2009 | 13 | #2,037 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,745 |
| 2007 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,722 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,649 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,475 |
| 2001 | 26 | #929 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1999 | 22 | #1,035 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
How popular is Calista in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,592among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 131about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 131 girls in the US were named Calista, making it the 1,592nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,924th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 490 girls. It first appears in the records in 1894.
Half of all the girls named Calista in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 229 girls in the US were given Calista or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #975, up from #1,592 for this spelling alone.
Calista in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 131 | #1,592 |
| 2024 | 151 | #1,452 |
| 2023 | 120 | #1,709 |
| 2022 | 114 | #1,793 |
| 2021 | 139 | #1,516 |
| 2020 | 99 | #1,924 |
| 2019 | 164 | #1,373 |
| 2018 | 130 | #1,633 |
| 2017 | 149 | #1,489 |
| 2016 | 183 | #1,307 |
| 2015 | 172 | #1,372 |
| 2014 | 155 | #1,454 |
| 2013 | 170 | #1,371 |
| 2012 | 196 | #1,237 |
| 2011 | 210 | #1,164 |
| 2010 | 235 | #1,054 |
| 2009 | 191 | #1,272 |
| 2008 | 207 | #1,222 |
| 2007 | 264 | #1,001 |
| 2006 | 231 | #1,093 |
| 2005 | 223 | #1,067 |
| 2004 | 282 | #870 |
| 2003 | 271 | #889 |
| 2002 | 305 | #775 |
| 2001 | 358 | #697 |
| 2000 | 401 | #627 |
| 1999 | 490 | #519 |
| 1998 | 323 | #697 |
| 1997 | 43 | #2,817 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,054 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,095 |
| 1992 | 28 | #3,767 |
| 1991 | 34 | #3,201 |
| 1990 | 39 | #2,895 |
| 1989 | 33 | #3,159 |
| 1988 | 31 | #3,160 |
| 1987 | 27 | #3,328 |
| 1986 | 33 | #2,844 |
| 1985 | 30 | #3,007 |
| 1984 | 32 | #2,780 |
| 1983 | 31 | #2,782 |
| 1982 | 30 | #2,958 |
| 1981 | 29 | #2,986 |
| 1980 | 34 | #2,699 |
| 1979 | 30 | #2,860 |
| 1978 | 28 | #2,859 |
| 1977 | 31 | #2,666 |
| 1976 | 23 | #3,094 |
| 1975 | 18 | #3,636 |
| 1974 | 21 | #3,212 |
| 1973 | 26 | #2,689 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,543 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,037 |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,773 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,778 |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,655 |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
| 1965 | 15 | #3,263 |
| 1964 | 15 | #3,378 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,864 |
| 1961 | 12 | #3,792 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,436 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,519 |
| 1957 | 10 | #3,929 |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,466 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,068 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,805 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,283 |
| 1950 | 8 | #3,960 |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,392 |
| 1948 | 18 | #2,328 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,005 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,377 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,248 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,736 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,571 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,143 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,385 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,423 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,272 |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,224 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,424 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,766 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,282 |
| 1926 | 17 | #2,164 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,425 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,513 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,387 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,378 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,463 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,515 |
| 1918 | 19 | #1,962 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,878 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,739 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,882 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,740 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,825 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,718 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,656 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,773 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,763 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,658 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,791 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,931 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,595 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,554 |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,292 |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,299 |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,236 |
Nicknames for Calista
- Callie 359 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Calista
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Athena Fatima Sophia Elena Isabella Lyra Ava Zara Aurora Lara Lyla Chloe
Other spellings of Calista
Names related to Calista
More Greek names
Luca Theodore George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Sophie Zoe Iris Maisie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Calista: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/calista, updated 20 October 2026.