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How popular is the name Callista?
Births per year, rank history and how many Callistas are alive today.
Callista (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Calista in England and Wales, ranked 2605th in 2025 and given to 10 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2004, when 14 babies were given the name, the 1535th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2021, with 12 babies given the name that year. Common short forms of Callista include Cali and Kallie.
Across all spellings of the name, the Calista you are most likely to meet is around 26 years old - or else around 2: the name has two living generations. Half of all Calistas born in England and Wales are between 7 and 23, and there are at least 540 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Calista - on average, only one in every 584 such rooms contains a Calista.
How many babies are named Callista each year?
Includes all spellings: Callista, Calista. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Callista spelling rank?
Where does the Calista spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Callista most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Calista, peaked in 2001, when 29 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Callista spelling itself peaked in 2004, with 14 babies.
How many people are called Callista?
At least 540 people named Callista in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Callista?
Most living Callistas are between 7 and 23; the most common age is about 26. There is a second cluster around 2.
Is Callista becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.