Feminine dossier · first seen 1976

Kalista

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Kalista
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1999

Peak rank proxy

182

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1976Peak 19992024

Peak year

1999

Decline from peak

78%

2024

All-time

2,384

Kalista has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1999, when 182 girls were named Kalista.

In 2024, only 40 girls were given the name.

Down 78% from its peak.

All told, about 2,384 Americans have been named Kalista and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1976.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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