girl's name
Kalliope
- Gender Girl
- Letters 8
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 1,420
Kalliope is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 113 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
- Peaked in 2025, when 113 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 29,340 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1922.
Kalliope over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1920s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 19 |
| 1950s | 7 |
| 1960s | 10 |
| 1970s | 25 |
| 1980s | 16 |
| 1990s | 39 |
| 2000s | 100 |
| 2010s | 529 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 578 |
How popular is Kalliope?
In 2025, Kalliope was given to 113 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Kalliope is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
How Kalliope is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Kalliopé | Kalliopé is Kalliope written with an acute accent, used in France, where it ranks #5,762. | 20 |
Names that peaked alongside Kalliope
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Kalliope also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Kalliope over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Kalliope
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Kalliope — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Kalliope
How popular is the name Kalliope?
In 2025, Kalliope was given to 113 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Is Kalliope a girl's or a boy's name?
Kalliope is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Kalliope most popular?
Kalliope peaked in 2025, when 113 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Kalliope a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Kalliope currently ranks #1,795 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.