Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Caliope

#21,380 most common girls' name of all time · #34,887 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1919–2025

Rank among girls
#21,380
Rank overall
#34,887 of 105,966
First appeared
1919
Years on the list
17 of 146
All-time
144
Since 2016
84
Peak year
2023 #7,303
Best rank
#2,955 1922
Girls Boys peak 15/yr
192019401960198020002020

Caliope first appears in 1919. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 14 14 #7,549
2024 7 7 #12,279
2023 15 15 #7,303
2022 13 13 #8,106
2021 6 6 #13,633
2020 9 9 #10,338
2019 9 9 #10,568
2018 6 6 #13,972
2017 5 5 #16,111
2015 6 6 #14,663
2013 7 7 #13,285
2012 6 6 #15,156
2011 10 10 #10,457
2010 7 7 #13,583
2006 7 7 #13,747
1922 12 12 #2,955
1919 5 5 #5,374