Calliope Girl
How popular is Calliope?
#451 girl name in 2025
682 baby girls were named Calliope in the US in 2025, making it the 451st most popular girl name.
Calliope popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #451 for girls (▲ 47 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 682 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+209% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,146 in 2015, #692 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (682 girls) |
| Highest rank | #451 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1917 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Calliope counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Calliope family of names ranked #382 for girls in 2025 (#423 the year before), with 826 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Calliope | 682 | 83% |
| Kalliope | 113 | 14% |
| Kaliope | 17 | 2% |
| Caliope | 14 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Calliope is most popular
Babies named Calliope per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alaska: 1.9 per 1,000 (16 girls)
- New Mexico: 1.6 per 1,000 (40 girls)
- Maine: 1.2 per 1,000 (18 girls)
- Idaho: 1.1 per 1,000 (36 girls)
- Oregon: 1.1 per 1,000 (69 girls)
Calliope by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 7 | #3,711 |
| 1920s | 43 | #3,653 |
| 1930s | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1950s | 10 | #5,413 |
| 1970s | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1980s | 11 | #9,304 |
| 1990s | 55 | #7,874 |
| 2000s | 287 | #3,087 |
| 2010s | 2,339 | #706 |
| 2020s | 3,336 | #451 |
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Questions
- Is Calliope a boy or girl name?
- Calliope is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Calliope were girls.
- How popular is the name Calliope?
- 682 baby girls were named Calliope in the US in 2025, making it the 451st most popular girl name.
- When was Calliope most popular?
- Calliope peaked in 2025, when 682 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #451 in 2025.
- How many people are named Calliope?
- 6,098 babies have been named Calliope in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,021 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 6.
- Where is Calliope most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Calliope was most common in Alaska, at 1.9 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.