Kaliope
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-LY-o-pee
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Kaliope is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “beautiful voice”. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Kaliope 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 Kaliope a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaliope is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaliope in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 67% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Kaliope, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1921.
Half of all the girls named Kaliope in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 826 girls in the US were given Kaliope or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #400, up from #6,545 for this spelling alone.
Kaliope in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 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 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 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 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
Nicknames for Kaliope
Names like Kaliope
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani Kaylani Kailani Kalani Ailany Malani Meilani Khloe Persephone Milani Naylani Xolani
Other spellings of Kaliope
Names related to Kaliope
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe
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, “Kaliope: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaliope, updated 20 October 2026.