Calamity — girls' name

What the Data Says About Calamity

The Social Security Administration has registered 19 babies named Calamity between 1956 and 1957, spanning 2 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Calamity currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1957. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Calamity performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Calamity in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Calamity in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 19 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.