Name meaning & stats
Callista
Callista means “fairest” (Greek origin). 2,416 US babies since 1940, peak 1999.
What it means
“fairest”
GreekWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1999
2,416 US babies were named Callista between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Callista (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 6 Calistas spell it Callista
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1999)