Girls' name · since 1921
Kaliope
Since 1921, U.S. Social Security records show 243 babies named Kaliope, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,860 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,585 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 243
- born since 1921
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kaliope is the #6585 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 243 recorded since 1921.
Social Security Administration records show Kaliope recorded 243 times among girls since 1921, holding rank #6585 nationally today, ahead of 62% 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 1921 to 2025.
- #17,860 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,585 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 243 born since 1921
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaliope ranks #17,860 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,585 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 243 born since 1921, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,860 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,585 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 243
- born since 1921
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kaliope's 243 recorded births place it above 75.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kaliope compares
243 41st 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
Kaliope's all-time total is 35% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kaliope | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 243 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kaliope's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kaliope's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 72% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 28%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1929, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kaliope popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 105 years of records
Kaliope by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (96 births, 40% of the file).
2020s was Kaliope's strongest decade.
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Kaliope births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 17
1920s
17 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1970s 26
1970s
26 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
94 births
- 2020s
2020s
96 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 96 births (40% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kaliope: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~104 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, 1921–2025 (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 Kaliope 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.