Callista comes from the English / Greek tradition, meaning Most beautiful.
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How popular is Callista?
1999peak year
Callista has been losing ground. Once far more common, it has been declining steadily in recent years. It currently ranks well outside the top 1,000 (around #3449), with about 47 babies named Callista each year. In 1999, 137 babies received the name (ranked #1316). Total registrations across all years since 1880: roughly 2,443.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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