Calliope

girls’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Calliope is ranked 499th among girls in 2024 (613 births). Its best rank was 491st, in 2023.

Rank in 2024: #499down 8 from 2023
Births in 2024: 6130.04% of girls
Peak year: 2023622 births
Best rank: #491in 2023
Since 1917: 5,413people given the name

Babies named Calliope, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

5,413 girls have been named Calliope in the United States since 1917, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 622 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2019, and the 2020s alone account for 49%. It has spent 9 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Calliope
1910s	7
1920s	43
1930s	5
1950s	10
1970s	5
1980s	11
1990s	55
2000s	287
2010s	2,339
2020s	2,651

In 2023, its biggest year

Calliope was the 491st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2023 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Sophia. See all of 2023.

Names that rose and fell with Calliope

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

Kalliope1,210 ever

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.