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.

Kalista

#3,947 most common girls' name of all time · #6,748 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1976–2025

Rank among girls
#3,947
Rank overall
#6,748 of 105,966
First appeared
1976
Years on the list
48 of 146
All-time
2,419
Since 2016
393
Peak year
1999 #1,098
Best rank
#1,098 1999
Girls Boys peak 182/yr
198020002020

Kalista first appears in 1976. 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 35 — 35 #4,110
2024 40 — 40 #3,785
2023 37 — 37 #4,006
2022 34 — 34 #4,248
2021 41 — 41 #3,705
2020 40 — 40 #3,703
2019 28 — 28 #4,837
2018 37 — 37 #3,955
2017 51 — 51 #3,164
2016 50 — 50 #3,248
2015 61 — 61 #2,874
2014 56 — 56 #3,021
2013 78 — 78 #2,355
2012 79 — 79 #2,362
2011 83 — 83 #2,270
2010 103 — 103 #1,951
2009 75 — 75 #2,522
2008 99 — 99 #2,072
2007 100 — 100 #2,053
2006 85 — 85 #2,260
2005 109 — 109 #1,799
2004 108 — 108 #1,773
2003 133 — 133 #1,472
2002 136 — 136 #1,416
2001 118 — 118 #1,583
2000 144 — 144 #1,324
1999 182 — 182 #1,098
1998 75 — 75 #2,006
1997 15 — 15 #6,347
1996 17 — 17 #5,666
1995 18 — 18 #5,372
1994 9 — 9 #9,202
1993 14 — 14 #6,498
1992 15 — 15 #6,210
1991 6 — 6 #12,306
1990 7 — 7 #10,831
1989 7 — 7 #10,317
1988 8 — 8 #8,907
1987 12 — 12 #6,238
1986 14 — 14 #5,410
1984 6 — 6 #9,978
1983 10 — 10 #6,632
1982 6 — 6 #10,086
1981 12 — 12 #5,856
1980 7 — 7 #8,894
1978 8 — 8 #7,562
1977 5 — 5 #10,889
1976 6 — 6 #9,156