Calogero
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- kah-LOH-jeh-roh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
Calogero is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “good old man”. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Calogero mean?
Greek: Sicilian name from Greek kalogeros, kalos 'good' + geron 'old man'
“good old man”
Saint Calogero, a hermit of Sicily, is especially venerated in Agrigento and Sciacca.
Is Calogero a girl's or a boy's name?
Calogero is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Calogero in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,856among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Calogero, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Calogero in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Calogero in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 22 | #4,490 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 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 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
Nicknames for Calogero
- Lillo
- Gero
Names like Calogero
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Calogero: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/calogero, updated 20 October 2026.