Callista

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Callista: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Callista: Recorded since 1999, it reached #1,535 in 2004, and it stood at #2,771 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#1535highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1999–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#3900
2000	#2416
2001	#3998
2002	#2540
2003	#2727
2004	#1535
2005	#4798
2006	#3548
2007	#3667
2009	#4564
2010	#4012
2011	#4049
2012	#3285
2013	#2460
2014	#3514
2016	#4763
2017	#2706
2018	#3518
2020	#2615
2021	#2201
2022	#3533
2023	#3218
2024	#2771

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 23 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1999–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #3900 among girls in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1999–2024
Highest recorded position: #1535 among girls in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 1999–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2771 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Callista by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Callista in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	52	9 of 10	6
2010s	52	8 of 10	7
2020sbusiest	43	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Callista appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1535 in England and Wales in 2004.

Callista's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2771	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3218	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2706	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2460	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1535	14	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1999 and 2024, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,535, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#2,771position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
14births registered in its largest year, 2004Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Fatou · #1535, 28y
Kenji · #1534, 21y
Marcellus · #1534, 19y
Rakan · #1534, 20y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Fatou · #1535, 28y
Gwenno · #1535, 29y
Kenji · #1534, 21y
Marcellus · #1534, 19y

Callista and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Callista without appearing here.

Callista moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3518 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2201 and #5581.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2201 and #5581.
Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3518 and #3518 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2201 and #5581.
Kristine Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3285 and #2969 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2460 and #5742.

Moved ahead of Callista

Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3548 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #2326.
Fiadh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3514 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #2757.
Marilyn Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3667 and #4294 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #3031.
Linnea Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2201 and #2711 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3533 and #2325.

Moved the opposite way to Callista

Carol Compare
Between 1999 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Callista went from #3900 to #2201 while Carol went from #1805 to #3519.
Karin Compare
Between 1999 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Callista went from #3900 to #2201 while Karin went from #1557 to #3192.
Tyler Compare
Between 1999 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Callista went from #3900 to #2201 while Tyler went from #237 to #5581.
Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Callista went from #1535 to #2771 while Eabha went from #4598 to #1262.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1535 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Callista

Callista at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Callista by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Callista appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Callista and the names beside it

Callista moved ahead of

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Callista at a glance

Callista by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Callista appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Callista and the names beside it

Callista moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Callista

Moved the opposite way to Callista