# Calista (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/calista/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “most beautiful”, “beautiful” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,504 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 7,504 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 361, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Callistus, from Ancient Greek Κάλλιστος (Kállistos, “most beautiful”), from καλός (kalós, “beautiful”). Compare Callisto.

## What it means

Calista is grouped under beauty.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 210 | 1,164 |
| 2012 | 196 | 1,238 |
| 2013 | 170 | 1,371 |
| 2014 | 155 | 1,455 |
| 2015 | 172 | 1,372 |
| 2016 | 183 | 1,307 |
| 2017 | 149 | 1,489 |
| 2018 | 130 | 1,634 |
| 2019 | 164 | 1,374 |
| 2020 | 99 | 1,927 |
| 2021 | 139 | 1,517 |
| 2022 | 114 | 1,795 |
| 2023 | 120 | 1,712 |
| 2024 | 151 | 1,453 |
| 2025 | 131 | 1,597 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 2,275 |
| 2012 | 15 | 1,893 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 11 | 2,314 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,705 |
| 2016 | 20 | 1,571 |
| 2017 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3,178 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2021 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1,948 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,959 |
| 2024 | 13 | 2,115 |
| 2025 | 15 | 1,892 |

## People named Calista

- Calista Flockhart, American actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.