Kalista comes from the ModernAmerican / Multicultural tradition, meaning Greek origin; meaning "most beautiful"..
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How popular is Kalista?
1999peak year
Kalista has settled into a steady rhythm — neither rising sharply nor fading, holding a consistent place in U.S. birth records. It currently ranks well outside the top 1,000 (around #3753), with about 42 babies named Kalista each year. In 1999, 182 babies received the name (ranked #1097). Total registrations across all years since 1880: roughly 2,384.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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