How Many People Are Named Calliope?

6,009

people named Calliope are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 56,878 people in the US has this name

Based on 6,098 babies named Calliope in Social Security records from 1917 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#3,321

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#1,852

See the top 100

Peak Year

2025

682 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Pronunciation: kə-LIE-ə-pee (English)
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Latinized form of KALLIOPE.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Calliope in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Calliope alive today is about 6 years old, and 99% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 9 in 2025.

Under 30 5,961
99.2%
30 to 59 38
0.6%
60 and over 10
0.2%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Calliope first appears in the records in 1917, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 682 babies.

Babies given the name each year, 1917 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Calliope has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #451, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #451.

Girls
Rank in 2025#451
Best rank#451 (2025)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#551 in the 2020s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Calliope alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Calliope were born in California than in any other state: about 710 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Calliope was given 2.7 times as often in Oregon, 2.5 times in New Mexico and 2 times in Washington.

California 710
Texas 528
Florida 278
New York 258
Ohio 229
Washington 220
Illinois 200
Pennsylvania 185
Indiana 169
Virginia 151
Arizona 142
North Carolina 139
Georgia 137
Oregon 136
Tennessee 118
Michigan 116
Massachusetts 95
Colorado 91
Missouri 88
Wisconsin 88
Kentucky 78
New Jersey 67
Oklahoma 67
Kansas 64
Maryland 57
New Mexico 50
Idaho 49
Minnesota 47
Iowa 44
Utah 44
South Carolina 40
Arkansas 39
Nevada 36
West Virginia 36
Connecticut 34
Alabama 19
Nebraska 19
Maine 18
Alaska 16
Louisiana 12
Mississippi 12
North Dakota 11
Montana 7
New Hampshire 6

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