Kalliope — #2299 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kalliope

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,210 babies named Kalliope between 1922 and 2024, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kalliope currently holds the #2299 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 104 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kalliope performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 529 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Kalliope shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 91 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Kalliope in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kalliope 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 1,210 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.