Kalliope

Meaning: Beautiful voice
Origin: Greek — Variant of Calliope

Girl's name · #1787 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Kalliope is climbing: on the charts since 1922, it reached #1787 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 110 girls given the name last year. Roughly 1,300 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 6 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#5,927 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,366 in Canada (2023) · #2,772 in Austria (2022) · #5,393 in France (2018).

Famous Kalliopes

Kalliope Amorphous — American interdisciplinary artist (born 1978)
Kalliopē A. Kechagia — Greek feminist and educator (1839–1905)

Spellings & nicknames

Kalliope is the less common spelling of Calliope — about 14% of babies given the name are written this way; Calliope itself ranked #451 in 2025.

Similar names: Calliope · Rhema · Calypso · Vanellope · Astraea · Aletheia

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