Caliope
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-LY-o-pee
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Caliope is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “beautiful voice”. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Caliope mean?
Greek: spelling of Calliope; from kallos, beauty, and ops, voice
“beautiful voice”
In Greek mythology Calliope was the Muse of epic poetry and the chief of the nine Muses.
Meaning borrowed from Calliope. More on Wiktionary.
Is Caliope a girl's or a boy's name?
Caliope is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Caliope in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Caliope, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1919.
Half of all the girls named Caliope in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 826 girls in the US were given Caliope or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #400, up from #7,489 for this spelling alone.
Caliope in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,778 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
Nicknames for Caliope
Names like Caliope
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Persephone Coraline Evangeline Cataleya Penelope Phoebe Marlowe Clementine Hermione Analeia Esme Maisie
Other spellings of Caliope
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris Lainey
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Caliope: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/caliope, updated 20 October 2026.