Kalista
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-LIS-ta
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #4,066 for girls
Kalista is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “most beautiful”. In 2025 it ranked 4,066th for girls in the US (35 babies).
What does Kalista 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 Kalista a girl's or a boy's name?
Kalista is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 35 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kalista in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 6 girls.
Kalista in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
How popular is Kalista in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,066among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the US were named Kalista, making it the 4,066th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,675th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 182 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Kalista in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 229 girls in the US were given Kalista or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #975, up from #4,066 for this spelling alone.
Kalista in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #4,066 |
| 2024 | 40 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,982 |
| 2022 | 34 | #4,200 |
| 2021 | 41 | #3,677 |
| 2020 | 40 | #3,675 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,917 |
| 2017 | 51 | #3,145 |
| 2016 | 50 | #3,229 |
| 2015 | 61 | #2,846 |
| 2014 | 56 | #3,003 |
| 2013 | 78 | #2,344 |
| 2012 | 79 | #2,356 |
| 2011 | 83 | #2,258 |
| 2010 | 103 | #1,942 |
| 2009 | 75 | #2,509 |
| 2008 | 99 | #2,062 |
| 2007 | 100 | #2,034 |
| 2006 | 85 | #2,248 |
| 2005 | 109 | #1,789 |
| 2004 | 108 | #1,768 |
| 2003 | 133 | #1,465 |
| 2002 | 136 | #1,410 |
| 2001 | 118 | #1,572 |
| 2000 | 144 | #1,316 |
| 1999 | 182 | #1,092 |
| 1998 | 75 | #1,989 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
Nicknames for Kalista
- Callie 359 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Kalista
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Fatima Athena Lyra Sienna Isabella Sophia Zara Khadija Ava Eliana Elena Myla
Other spellings of Kalista
Names related to Kalista
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, “Kalista: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kalista, updated 20 October 2026.