How Many People Are Named Kaliope?
An estimated 201 people in the United States have the first name Kaliope. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 13 years old, and Kaliope peaked in popularity in 2022 with 20 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Kaliope as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Kaliope paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
201
About 1 in 1,705,245 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
13
years old
Peak Year
2022
20 births
Total Registered
226
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Kaliope
Kaliope is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 226 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Kaliope as a female name
Ranked #6,023 in 2024
20 female births in 2024
Peak: 2022 (20 births)
Kaliope: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Kaliope span from the 1920s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 94 babies were registered. Kaliope remains highly popular today, with recent registration numbers near its historical peak.
Kaliope by Decade
How has Kaliope tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Kaliope + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Kaliope as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Kaliope
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Kaliope: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Kaliope?
We estimate approximately 201 people named Kaliope are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,705,245 Americans share this first name.
Is Kaliope a common name?
Kaliope is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 74.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 226 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Kaliope most popular?
Kaliope reached peak popularity in 2022, when 20 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Kaliope is approximately 13 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Kaliope a female name?
Kaliope is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Kaliope Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Kaliope Smith, Kaliope Johnson, Kaliope Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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