Kaliope — #5977 US girls' name
226 babies named Kaliope in U.S. Social Security records since 1921, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 66% of names given to girls today.
42% of everyone ever named Kaliope was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Kaliope in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kaliope
The Social Security Administration has registered 226 babies named Kaliope between 1921 and 2024, spanning 104 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaliope currently holds the #5977 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaliope performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 94 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kaliope shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kaliope 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 226 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.
Kaliope at a glance
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Current rank
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Kaliope popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1921
- Peak year (2022)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 104 years of records
Currently ranks #5977 among girls.
226 total births across 104 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 20 births in a single year.
Kaliope by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 94 births that decade — 42% of Kaliope's all-time total
Kaliope decade highlights
- Peak decade 94 births
- Runner-up 79 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kaliope's strongest decade
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1921–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.