Callista
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-LIS-ta
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,675 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,576 for girls
Callista is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “most beautiful”. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 3,576th for girls in the US (42 babies).
What does Callista mean?
Greek: spelling of Calista; from Greek kalliste
“most beautiful”
Kallisto, a nymph of Greek myth, was turned into a bear and placed among the stars as Ursa Major.
Meaning borrowed from Calista. More on Wiktionary.
Is Callista a girl's or a boy's name?
Callista is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 42 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Callista in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,675among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Callista, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 14 girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Callista in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 25 girls in the UK were given Callista or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,169, up from #2,675 for this spelling alone.
- Calista 15
- Callista 10
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Callista in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 14 | #1,634 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
How popular is Callista in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,576among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 42about 1 in 38,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 42 girls in the US were named Callista, making it the 3,576th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,091st. Its busiest year was 1999, with 137 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the girls named Callista in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 229 girls in the US were given Callista or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #975, up from #3,576 for this spelling alone.
Callista in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #3,576 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,892 |
| 2023 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2022 | 47 | #3,364 |
| 2021 | 43 | #3,552 |
| 2020 | 51 | #3,091 |
| 2019 | 51 | #3,129 |
| 2018 | 41 | #3,676 |
| 2017 | 45 | #3,435 |
| 2016 | 65 | #2,667 |
| 2015 | 58 | #2,964 |
| 2014 | 58 | #2,920 |
| 2013 | 55 | #3,004 |
| 2012 | 78 | #2,373 |
| 2011 | 62 | #2,795 |
| 2010 | 54 | #3,074 |
| 2009 | 77 | #2,464 |
| 2008 | 76 | #2,485 |
| 2007 | 84 | #2,293 |
| 2006 | 77 | #2,419 |
| 2005 | 83 | #2,203 |
| 2004 | 86 | #2,098 |
| 2003 | 116 | #1,651 |
| 2002 | 93 | #1,895 |
| 2001 | 98 | #1,804 |
| 2000 | 111 | #1,586 |
| 1999 | 137 | #1,313 |
| 1998 | 105 | #1,565 |
| 1997 | 39 | #3,033 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,826 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,682 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 24 | #4,115 |
| 1989 | 21 | #4,352 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,303 |
| 1987 | 30 | #3,098 |
| 1986 | 27 | #3,275 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,453 |
| 1984 | 28 | #3,068 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,714 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,531 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
| 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 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,692 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,899 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,875 |
Nicknames for Callista
- Callie 359 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Callista
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Athena Fatima Lyra Sophia Sienna Isabella Elena Zara Ava Eliana Alina Lara
Other spellings of Callista
Names related to Callista
More Greek names
Luca Theodore George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris
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, “Callista: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/callista, updated 20 October 2026.