Calliope
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-LY-o-pee
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #710 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #451 for girls
Calliope is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “beautiful voice”. In 2025 it ranked 710th for girls in the UK (57 babies) and 451st for girls in the US (682 babies).
What does Calliope mean?
Greek: 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.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Calliope a girl's or a boy's name?
Calliope is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 57 girls in the UK and 682 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Calliope in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #710among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 57about 1 in 4,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 191% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 57 girls in the UK were named Calliope, making it the 710th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,708th.
2025 had the most girls named Calliope of any year since it first appeared, in 2010.
Half of all the girls named Calliope in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 60 girls in the UK were given Calliope or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #636, up from #710 for this spelling alone.
- Calliope 57
- Kalliope 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 661st in England and Wales.
Calliope in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57 | #710 |
| 2024 | 40 | #947 |
| 2023 | 31 | #1,151 |
| 2022 | 35 | #1,051 |
| 2021 | 28 | #1,264 |
| 2020 | 18 | #1,708 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,793 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 18 | #1,763 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
How popular is Calliope in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #451among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 682about 1 in 2,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 66% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 682 girls in the US were named Calliope, making it the 451st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 692nd. It first appears in the records in 1917.
2025 had the most girls named Calliope of any year since it first appeared, in 1917.
Half of all the girls named Calliope in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 826 girls in the US were given Calliope or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #400, up from #451 for this spelling alone.
Calliope in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 682 | #451 |
| 2024 | 614 | #498 |
| 2023 | 622 | #492 |
| 2022 | 510 | #587 |
| 2021 | 497 | #599 |
| 2020 | 411 | #692 |
| 2019 | 407 | #706 |
| 2018 | 337 | #807 |
| 2017 | 335 | #813 |
| 2016 | 291 | #941 |
| 2015 | 221 | #1,146 |
| 2014 | 199 | #1,228 |
| 2013 | 187 | #1,267 |
| 2012 | 147 | #1,510 |
| 2011 | 128 | #1,661 |
| 2010 | 87 | #2,220 |
| 2009 | 55 | #3,087 |
| 2008 | 47 | #3,477 |
| 2007 | 42 | #3,785 |
| 2006 | 35 | #4,164 |
| 2005 | 36 | #3,938 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,799 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 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 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 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 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 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 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,741 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,873 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,653 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,711 |
Nicknames for Calliope
Names like Calliope
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Penelope Persephone Maisie Esme Lyra Arabella Maeve Phoebe Elodie Ivy-Rose Evangeline Emilia
Other spellings of Calliope
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris Lainey
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Calliope: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/calliope, updated 20 October 2026.