Girl name#2,001 of girl names
Calliope
Pronounced K AH0 L AY1 AH0 P IY2 (ARPABET)
- 4 syllables
- Peaked 2023
- 108 years in use
How popular is Calliope?
Calliope is a girls' name, and first appears in 1917. It has been given to 5,413 children — the 2,001st most common girls' name on record.
It is climbing hard: about four times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2023, when 622 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 4 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- K AH0 L AY1 AH0 P IY2
- Stress pattern:
- 0102
- Syllables:
- 4
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Calliope
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Calliope
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Calliope?
- Calliope ranks 2,001st among girls' names in US records, with 5,413 births since 1917. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,242.
- Is Calliope a unisex name?
- No. Calliope is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Calliope most popular?
- 2023, when 622 children were given the name. It has been in use for 108 years and is still recorded as of 2024.