Calypso
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kuh-LIP-soh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #2,859 for girls
Calypso is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “she who conceals”. In 2025 it ranked 2,859th for girls in the US (59 babies).
What does Calypso mean?
Greek: from Greek kalyptein 'to conceal'
“she who conceals”
In Homer's Odyssey the nymph Calypso keeps Odysseus on her island for seven years.
Is Calypso a girl's or a boy's name?
Calypso is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 59 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Calypso in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Calypso in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Calypso in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,927 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
How popular is Calypso in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,859among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 59about 1 in 27,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 59 girls in the US were named Calypso, making it the 2,859th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,606th. It first appears in the records in 1991.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most girls named Calypso of any year since it first appeared, in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Calypso in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 71 girls in the US were given Calypso or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,126, up from #2,859 for this spelling alone.
- Calypso 59
- Kalypso 12
Calypso in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 | #2,859 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,962 |
| 2023 | 36 | #4,045 |
| 2022 | 28 | #4,790 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 41 | #3,606 |
| 2019 | 32 | #4,342 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 25 | #5,189 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
Nicknames for Calypso
- Callie 359 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Calypso
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Coco Aria Esme Maeva Chloe Dua Sophia Pippa Indigo Elara Maisie Alora
Other spellings of Calypso
More Greek names
Luca Theodore George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke 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, “Calypso: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/calypso, updated 20 October 2026.