# Calliope (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/calliope/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | “beautiful”, “voice” |
| Pronunciation | /kəˈlaɪ.ə.pi/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,098 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6,098 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 293, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Calliope, from Ancient Greek Καλλιόπη (Kalliópē), from κᾰλλῐ- (kăllĭ-, “beautiful”) + ὄψ (óps, “voice”).

## What it means

Calliope is grouped under beauty.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 128 | 1,661 |
| 2012 | 147 | 1,511 |
| 2013 | 187 | 1,267 |
| 2014 | 199 | 1,229 |
| 2015 | 221 | 1,149 |
| 2016 | 291 | 941 |
| 2017 | 335 | 814 |
| 2018 | 337 | 807 |
| 2019 | 407 | 706 |
| 2020 | 411 | 692 |
| 2021 | 497 | 600 |
| 2022 | 510 | 588 |
| 2023 | 622 | 493 |
| 2024 | 614 | 499 |
| 2025 | 682 | 451 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 12 | 2,233 |
| 2017 | 17 | 1,733 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,901 |
| 2019 | 16 | 1,782 |
| 2020 | 17 | 1,687 |
| 2021 | 26 | 1,259 |
| 2022 | 35 | 982 |
| 2023 | 30 | 1,108 |
| 2024 | 40 | 902 |
| 2025 | 57 | 661 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.