Kalliope
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-LY-a-pee
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,777 for girls
Kalliope is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “beautiful voice”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 1,777th for girls in the US (113 babies).
What does Kalliope mean?
Greek: from kallos 'beauty' + ops 'voice'
“beautiful voice”
Kalliope (Calliope) was the Muse of epic poetry, said to be the mother of Orpheus.
Is Kalliope a girl's or a boy's name?
Kalliope is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 113 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kalliope in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Kalliope, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,326th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 4 girls.
In 2025, 60 girls in the UK were given Kalliope or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #636, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
- Calliope 57
- Kalliope 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Kalliope in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
How popular is Kalliope in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,777among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 113about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 113 girls in the US were named Kalliope, making it the 1,777th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,156th. It first appears in the records in 1922.
2025 had the most girls named Kalliope of any year since it first appeared, in 1922.
Half of all the girls named Kalliope in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 826 girls in the US were given Kalliope or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #400, up from #1,777 for this spelling alone.
Kalliope in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 113 | #1,777 |
| 2024 | 80 | #2,303 |
| 2023 | 100 | #1,965 |
| 2022 | 97 | #2,006 |
| 2021 | 104 | #1,897 |
| 2020 | 84 | #2,156 |
| 2019 | 87 | #2,140 |
| 2018 | 71 | #2,478 |
| 2017 | 76 | #2,384 |
| 2016 | 62 | #2,761 |
| 2015 | 65 | #2,712 |
| 2014 | 46 | #3,423 |
| 2013 | 29 | #4,753 |
| 2012 | 36 | #4,119 |
| 2011 | 37 | #3,998 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 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 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,193 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,009 |
Nicknames for Kalliope
Names like Kalliope
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Penelope Maeve Lyra Maisie Arabella Phoebe Elodie Persephone Esme Emilia Eliana Harper
Other spellings of Kalliope
Names related to Kalliope
More Greek names
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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, “Kalliope: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kalliope, updated 20 October 2026.