Calliope — #499 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Calliope

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,413 babies named Calliope between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Calliope currently holds the #499 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 622 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Calliope performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 2,651 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Calliope shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 640 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Calliope in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Calliope 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 5,413 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.