Girls' name · since 1919
Caliope
Since 1919, U.S. Social Security records show 144 babies named Caliope, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,180 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,541 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 144
- born since 1919
- 2020s
- peak decade
Caliope currently ranks #7541 among girls' names in America, with 144 babies recorded since 1919.
Social Security Administration records show Caliope recorded 144 times among girls since 1919, holding rank #7541 nationally today, ahead of 56% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 2025.
- #23,180 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,541 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 144 born since 1919
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caliope ranks #23,180 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,541 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 144 born since 1919, peaking in the 2020s.
- #23,180 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,541 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 144
- born since 1919
- 2020s
- peak decade
Caliope's 144 recorded births place it above 67.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Caliope compares
144 31st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Caliope's all-time total is 62% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Caliope | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 144 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Caliope's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Caliope's full recorded timeline at 2017, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1919, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Caliope popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 107 years of records
Caliope by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (64 births, 44% of the file).
2020s was Caliope's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Caliope births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 12
1920s
12 births
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
- 2010s
2010s
56 births
- 2020s
2020s
64 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 64 births (44% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Caliope: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~106 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1919–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Caliope draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.