Girls' name · since 1917
Calliope
6,098 babies named Calliope in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,268 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #451 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,098
- born since 1917
- 2020s
- peak decade
Calliope currently ranks #451 among girls' names in America, with 6,098 babies recorded since 1917.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Calliope has been recorded 6,098 times among girls since 1917, currently ranked #451 nationally and more common than 97% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2025.
- #2,268 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #451 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 6,098 born since 1917
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Calliope ranks #2,268 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #451 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 6,098 born since 1917, peaking in the 2020s.
- #2,268 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #451 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,098
- born since 1917
- 2020s
- peak decade
Calliope's 6,098 recorded births place it above 96.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
44 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Calliope compares
6,098 Top 12% higher than 88% of 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
Calliope's all-time total is 16x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Calliope | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,098 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 682 | 21 | 19,840 |
Calliope's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Calliope splits its recorded history at 2002: 97% of all births land in the more recent half, 3% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1921 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 682 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Calliope popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 682
- Annual births at peak, across 109 years of records
Calliope by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (3,336 births, 55% of the file).
2020s was Calliope's strongest decade.
3,336 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Calliope births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 7
1910s
7 births
- 1920s 43
1920s
43 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 55
1990s
55 births
- 2000s 287
2000s
287 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,339 births
- 2020s
2020s
3,336 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 3,336 births (55% of all-time use).
How Calliope compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Calliope's total volume
Calliope by state
Where Calliope concentrates geographically, total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 714 | 11.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 531 | 8.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 279 | 4.6% |
| #4 | New York | | 259 | 4.2% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 230 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Washington | | 221 | 3.6% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 201 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 186 | 3.1% |
714 of 6,098 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 44 reporting states.
Calliope appears in 44 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Calliopes (714 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Calliope: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~108 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, 1917–2025 (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 Calliope 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.