Girls' name · since 1922
Kalliope
1,323 babies named Kalliope in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,208 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,784 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,323
- born since 1922
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kalliope is the #1784 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,323 recorded since 1922.
Social Security Administration records show Kalliope recorded 1,323 times among girls since 1922, holding rank #1784 nationally today, ahead of 90% 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 1922 to 2025.
- #6,208 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,784 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,323 born since 1922
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalliope ranks #6,208 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,784 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,323 born since 1922, peaking in the 2020s.
- #6,208 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,784 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,323
- born since 1922
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kalliope's 1,323 recorded births place it above 91.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
15 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Kalliope compares
1,323 Top 28% higher than 72% 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
Kalliope's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kalliope | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,323 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 113 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kalliope's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kalliope splits its recorded history at 2004: 89% of all births land in the more recent half, 11% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1967 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 113 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kalliope popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 113
- Annual births at peak, across 104 years of records
Kalliope by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (578 births, 44% of the file).
2020s was Kalliope's strongest decade.
578 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Kalliope births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 19
1920s
19 births
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1970s 25
1970s
25 births
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 1990s 39
1990s
39 births
- 2000s 100
2000s
100 births
- 2010s
2010s
529 births
- 2020s
2020s
578 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 578 births (44% of all-time use).
How Kalliope 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 Kalliope's total volume
Kalliope by state
Where Kalliope concentrates geographically, total births since 1922
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 103 | 7.8% |
| #2 | California | | 86 | 6.5% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 37 | 2.8% |
| #4 | New York | | 34 | 2.6% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 28 | 2.1% |
| #6 | Florida | | 26 | 2.0% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 16 | 1.2% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 11 | 0.8% |
103 of 1,323 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.
Kalliope appears in 15 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Kalliopes (103 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kalliope: 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 (~103 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, 1922–2025 (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 Kalliope 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.