Kalliope Girl
How popular is Kalliope?
#1,777 girl name in 2025
113 baby girls were named Kalliope in the US in 2025, making it the 1777th most popular girl name.
Kalliope popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,777 for girls (▲ 526 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 113 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+74% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,712 in 2015, #2,156 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (113 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,777 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1922 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kalliope 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 Kalliope is most popular
Babies named Kalliope per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (24 girls)
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (44 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (43 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (19 girls)
Kalliope by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 19 | #4,009 |
| 1950s | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1960s | 10 | #6,803 |
| 1970s | 25 | #6,004 |
| 1980s | 16 | #9,093 |
| 1990s | 39 | #7,737 |
| 2000s | 100 | #7,823 |
| 2010s | 529 | #2,140 |
| 2020s | 578 | #1,777 |
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Questions
- Is Kalliope a boy or girl name?
- Kalliope is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kalliope were girls.
- How popular is the name Kalliope?
- 113 baby girls were named Kalliope in the US in 2025, making it the 1777th most popular girl name.
- When was Kalliope most popular?
- Kalliope peaked in 2025, when 113 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,777 in 2025.
- How many people are named Kalliope?
- 1,323 babies have been named Kalliope in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,296 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
- Where is Kalliope most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kalliope was most common in Ohio, at 0.1 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.