NameTides

Kalliope

Kalliope was the #1,777 girls' name in the US in 2025 (113 babies), and #5,927 in England & Wales.

Kalliope as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Kalliope 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.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Kalliope 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.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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#1,777 (113)#5,927 (3)—
2024#2,303 (80)#5,892 (3)—
2023#1,965 (100)#4,710 (4)#2,366 (8)
2022#2,006 (97)—#3,228 (5)
2021#1,897 (104)#5,581 (3)#2,893 (6)
2020#2,156 (84)—#2,591 (7)
2019#2,140 (87)#4,686 (4)#2,872 (6)
2018#2,478 (71)—#2,892 (6)
2017#2,384 (76)—#3,307 (5)
2016#2,761 (62)—#2,383 (8)
2015#2,712 (65)——
2014#3,425 (46)——
2013#4,755 (29)——
2012#4,121 (36)—#3,334 (5)
2011#3,999 (37)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,777.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1922.

How common is it?

about 1 in 14,000 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 14,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kalliope is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 16,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 12,000 to 1 in 22,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kalliope by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,113ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,418NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #1,032INOhio: #1,271OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,487CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,790TXFlorida: #1,545FL
Kalliope (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KalliopeCanadaGirls—too few
KalliopeEngland & WalesGirls#5,9273
KalliopeUSGirls#1,777113