Girls' name · since 1991
Calypso
Calypso has 498 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,886 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,883 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 498
- born since 1991
- 2020s
- peak decade
Calypso currently ranks #2883 among girls' names in America, with 498 babies recorded since 1991.
Calypso has 498 recorded births among girls since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2883 as of the latest data, more common than 83% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2025.
- #11,886 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,883 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 498 born since 1991
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Calypso ranks #11,886 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,883 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 498 born since 1991, peaking in the 2020s.
- #11,886 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,883 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 498
- born since 1991
- 2020s
- peak decade
Calypso's 498 recorded births place it above 83.55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Calypso compares
498 Top 45% higher than 55% 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
Calypso's all-time total is 32% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Calypso | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 498 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 59 | 21 | 19,840 |
Calypso's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Calypso's full recorded timeline at 2012, 77% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 23% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1991, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 59 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Calypso popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 59
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Calypso by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (219 births, 44% of the file).
2020s was Calypso's strongest decade.
219 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Calypso births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
- 2000s 63
2000s
63 births
- 2010s
2010s
194 births
- 2020s
2020s
219 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 219 births (44% of all-time use).
Calypso by state
Where Calypso concentrates geographically, total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 20 | 4.0% |
| #2 | Florida | | 18 | 3.6% |
| #3 | Texas | | 13 | 2.6% |
| #4 | Missouri | | 5 | 1.0% |
20 of 498 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- California records the most Calypsos (20 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Calypso: 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 (~34 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, 1991–2025 (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 Calypso 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.