Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Calista

#1,929 most common girls' name of all time · #3,304 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1894–2025

Rank among girls
#1,929
Rank overall
#3,304 of 105,966
First appeared
1894
Years on the list
124 of 146
All-time
7,504
Since 2016
1,380
Peak year
1999 #519
Best rank
#519 1999
Girls Boys peak 490/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Calista first appears in 1894. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 131 — 131 #1,594
2024 151 — 151 #1,453
2023 120 — 120 #1,709
2022 114 — 114 #1,794
2021 139 — 139 #1,516
2020 99 — 99 #1,927
2019 164 — 164 #1,374
2018 130 — 130 #1,635
2017 149 — 149 #1,489
2016 183 — 183 #1,308
2015 172 — 172 #1,373
2014 155 — 155 #1,455
2013 170 — 170 #1,371
2012 196 — 196 #1,237
2011 210 — 210 #1,164
2010 235 — 235 #1,055
2009 191 — 191 #1,272
2008 207 — 207 #1,223
2007 264 — 264 #1,001
2006 231 — 231 #1,093
2005 223 — 223 #1,070
2004 282 — 282 #871
2003 271 — 271 #890
2002 305 — 305 #775
2001 358 — 358 #697
2000 401 — 401 #627
1999 490 — 490 #519
1998 323 — 323 #697
1997 43 — 43 #2,825
1996 26 — 26 #4,077
1995 23 — 23 #4,360
1994 25 — 25 #4,125
1993 25 — 25 #4,118
1992 28 — 28 #3,776
1991 34 — 34 #3,223
1990 39 — 39 #2,912
1989 33 — 33 #3,177
1988 31 — 31 #3,172
1987 27 — 27 #3,343
1986 33 — 33 #2,854
1985 30 — 30 #3,021
1984 32 — 32 #2,796
1983 31 — 31 #2,798
1982 30 — 30 #2,969
1981 29 — 29 #3,001
1980 34 — 34 #2,705
1979 30 — 30 #2,873
1978 28 — 28 #2,880
1977 31 — 31 #2,679
1976 23 — 23 #3,116
1975 18 — 18 #3,655
1974 21 — 21 #3,226
1973 26 — 26 #2,702
1972 17 — 17 #3,574
1971 12 — 12 #4,572
1970 14 — 14 #4,073
1969 14 — 14 #3,804
1968 9 — 9 #4,822
1967 13 — 13 #3,697
1966 8 — 8 #4,929
1965 15 — 15 #3,288
1964 15 — 15 #3,412
1963 8 — 8 #4,955
1962 8 — 8 #4,919
1961 12 — 12 #3,839
1960 9 — 9 #4,498
1959 6 — 6 #5,661
1958 8 — 8 #4,580
1957 10 — 10 #3,974
1956 8 — 8 #4,525
1955 9 — 9 #4,127
1954 6 — 6 #5,255
1953 7 — 7 #4,659
1952 15 — 15 #2,830
1951 11 — 11 #3,331
1950 8 — 8 #4,039
1949 10 — 10 #3,444
1948 18 — 18 #2,353
1947 8 — 8 #4,086
1946 6 — 6 #4,517
1945 8 — 8 #3,460
1944 8 — 8 #3,460
1943 9 — 9 #3,325
1942 7 — 7 #3,822
1940 11 — 11 #2,631
1939 8 — 8 #3,243
1938 6 — 6 #3,950
1937 10 — 10 #2,796
1936 12 — 12 #2,435
1935 6 — 6 #3,848
1934 12 — 12 #2,479
1932 8 — 8 #3,357
1931 8 — 8 #3,303
1930 13 — 13 #2,489
1929 6 — 6 #4,179
1928 11 — 11 #2,828
1927 9 — 9 #3,367
1926 17 — 17 #2,196
1925 6 — 6 #4,511
1924 14 — 14 #2,571
1923 6 — 6 #4,479
1922 15 — 15 #2,431
1921 15 — 15 #2,435
1920 14 — 14 #2,513
1919 13 — 13 #2,572
1918 19 — 19 #2,002
1917 10 — 10 #2,970
1916 20 — 20 #1,771
1915 17 — 17 #1,932
1914 15 — 15 #1,779
1913 6 — 6 #2,951
1912 11 — 11 #1,810
1911 9 — 9 #1,735
1910 8 — 8 #1,875
1909 7 — 7 #1,875
1904 6 — 6 #1,793
1903 5 — 5 #1,958
1902 5 — 5 #1,928
1900 5 — 5 #2,082
1899 5 — 5 #1,759
1897 5 — 5 #1,726
1896 7 — 7 #1,399
1895 7 — 7 #1,412
1894 7 — 7 #1,343