NameTides

Calliope

Calliope was the #451 girls' name in the US in 2025 (682 babies), and #661 in England & Wales and #1,177 in Canada.

Calliope as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Calliope as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanada
Calliope as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#451 (682)#661 (57)#1,177 (22)
2024#498 (614)#902 (40)#970 (28)
2023#492 (622)#1,108 (30)#749 (37)
2022#587 (510)#982 (35)#964 (27)
2021#599 (497)#1,259 (26)#627 (47)
2020#692 (411)#1,687 (17)#901 (30)
2019#706 (407)#1,782 (16)#1,104 (23)
2018#807 (337)#2,901 (8)#1,215 (20)
2017#813 (335)#1,733 (17)#1,179 (21)
2016#941 (291)#2,233 (12)#1,399 (17)
2015#1,146 (221)#3,615 (6)#1,874 (11)
2014#1,228 (199)#3,514 (6)#2,026 (10)
2013#1,267 (187)#3,160 (7)#3,286 (5)
2012#1,510 (147)#4,171 (5)#2,601 (7)
2011#1,661 (128)#5,785 (3)#2,156 (9)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #451.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1917.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,400 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 4,400uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 6,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Calliope is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,900 to 1 in 2,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Calliope by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #274WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #205NHWashington: #255WAIdaho: #221IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #402ILMichigan: #965MINew York: #829NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #223ORNevada: #433NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #437IAIndiana: #258INOhio: #323OHPennsylvania: #595PANew Jersey: #846NJConnecticut: #393CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #448CAUtah: #440UTColorado: #389CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #329MOKentucky: #259KYWest Virginia: #230WVVirginia: #376VAMaryland: #651MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #357AZNew Mexico: #143NMKansas: #256KSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #453TNNorth Carolina: #510NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #437OKLouisiana: #597LAMississippi: #441MSAlabama: #716ALGeorgia: #470GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #448TXFlorida: #531FL
Calliope (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,10010

Calliope (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CalliopeCanadaGirls#1,17722
CalliopeEngland & WalesGirls#66157
CalliopeNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
CalliopeUSGirls#451682