Is Callista a boy or girl name?
Callista is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 38 girls and 0 boys were named Callista, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 2,443 US babies named Callista were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #3,889
- Babies named Callista since 1914
- 2,443
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 137 babies
Boys and girls named Callista, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 0 | 40 | 100% |
| 1920s | 0 | 23 | 100% |
| 1930s | 0 | 6 | 100% |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1950s | 0 | 28 | 100% |
| 1960s | 0 | 5 | 100% |
| 1970s | 0 | 44 | 100% |
| 1980s | 0 | 197 | 100% |
| 1990s | 0 | 424 | 100% |
| 2000s | 0 | 901 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 567 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 208 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 38 | #3,889 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 29 | #4,667 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 47 | #3,374 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 43 | #3,557 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 51 | #3,095 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 51 | #3,134 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 41 | #3,688 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 45 | #3,443 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 65 | #2,675 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 58 | #2,971 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 58 | #2,934 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 55 | #3,012 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 78 | #2,380 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 62 | #2,802 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 54 | #3,084 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 77 | #2,470 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 76 | #2,489 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 84 | #2,299 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 77 | #2,424 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 83 | #2,205 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 86 | #2,102 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 116 | #1,654 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 93 | #1,899 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 98 | #1,807 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 111 | #1,589 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 137 | #1,316 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 105 | #1,568 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 39 | #3,042 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 28 | #3,849 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 23 | #4,369 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 21 | #4,710 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 18 | #5,239 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 11 | #7,590 |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 18 | #5,208 |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 24 | #4,135 |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 21 | #4,378 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 20 | #4,336 |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 30 | #3,112 |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 27 | #3,286 |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 17 | #4,484 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 28 | #3,084 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 12 | #5,498 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 15 | #4,741 |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 16 | #4,557 |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 11 | #5,966 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 12 | #5,461 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 11 | #5,608 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 5 | #9,815 |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 6 | #8,284 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 5 | #9,238 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 5 | #8,573 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 5 | #6,909 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 5 | #6,196 |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 5 | #6,173 |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 5 | #6,051 |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 6 | #5,287 |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 7 | #4,533 |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – | 6 | #3,963 |
| 1931 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1926 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – | 6 | #4,456 |
| 1922 | 0 | – | 5 | #5,120 |
| 1921 | 0 | – | 6 | #4,549 |
| 1920 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – | 7 | #3,932 |
| 1917 | 0 | – | 11 | #2,716 |
| 1916 | 0 | – | 6 | #3,991 |
| 1915 | 0 | – | 9 | #2,930 |
| 1914 | 0 | – | 7 | #2,933 |
Highest rank
Callista has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #1,316 in 1999. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1990s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Callista
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.