girls:
1.1k births since 1922
#4588 (20th percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1922
#6611 (15th percentile)
The name Kalliope is the #6,611 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,128 recorded births since 1922. This represents the 14.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 14.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,588 (19.7% percentile) for all time with 1,128 births since 1922.
Kalliope first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1922 (first recorded for girls in 1922). Birth data for Kalliope is available in 42 out of the 102 years between 1922 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Kalliope reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 10.6% percentile (ranked #837) with 58 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 58 births per million (ranked 10.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2002, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kalliope is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #854 (9.8% percentile) with 56 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kalliope".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Kalliope", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 5 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Calliope" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Calliope..
Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Kalliope. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 43.8% confident that Kalliope is pronounced as kuh-LAI-uh-pee, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kuh-LAI-oh-pee, at 25.0% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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