Calixto
Boy · kah-LEEKS-toh · Greek
Calixto is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “most beautiful”. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Calixto mean?
Greek: Spanish form of Callistus
“most beautiful”
Spanish form of Callistus, the name of three popes, beginning with the 3rd-century martyr Saint Callixtus I.
- Say it
- kah-LEEKS-toh
Is Calixto a girl's or a boy's name?
Calixto is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Calixto in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,856among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 124% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Calixto, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. It first appears in the records in 1915.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most boys named Calixto of any year since it first appeared, in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Calixto in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Calixto in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,280 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,708 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,383 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
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