Calysta
Girl · kuh-LIS-tuh · Greek
Calysta is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “most beautiful”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Calysta mean?
Greek: spelling of Kalysta, itself a variant of Callista, from Greek kallistos
“most beautiful”
A variant of Callista, from the Greek word kallistos meaning most beautiful.
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- kuh-LIS-tuh
Meaning borrowed from Kalysta.
Is Calysta a girl's or a boy's name?
Calysta is a girls' name.
How popular is Calysta in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 58 girls. It first appears in the records in 1985.
Half of all the girls named Calysta in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Calysta in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 36 | #3,801 |
| 2002 | 34 | #3,806 |
| 2001 | 33 | #3,860 |
| 2000 | 45 | #3,066 |
| 1999 | 58 | #2,468 |
| 1998 | 33 | #3,570 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
Nicknames for Calysta
- Callie 359 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Calysta
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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