Fun Facts About the Name Kalliopi
- 316 babies named Kalliopi: U.S. records list 316 babies given the name Kalliopi from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Kalliopi Mean?
Kalliopi is the Modern Greek form of the ancient Greek name Kalliope (Καλλιόπη), traditionally understood to mean "beautiful voice." Its first element is κάλλος (kallos), "beauty," whose combining form καλλι- (kalli-) means "beautiful"; the second is ὄψ (ops), "voice." The same letters ὄψ also spell a Greek word for "face" or "eye," and some explanations of the name read that sense instead, giving "beautiful face." Because the two words are separate but identical in form, the intended sense of the original name cannot be settled with certainty, though "beautiful voice" is the customary meaning and fits the name's association with poetry and song.
The Latin and English form of the same name is Calliope; Kalliopi follows Modern Greek spelling and transliteration rather than the older Latin route.
Kalliopi Name History & Origins
In Greek myth, Kalliope was the most eminent of the nine Muses, the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne. Hesiod, in the Theogony, names her first among them and calls her the greatest of all. She presided over epic poetry and eloquence, and myth made her the mother of Orpheus, usually by the Thracian king Oeagrus and sometimes by Apollo, and also the mother of Linus. Through Latin, Calliope entered the literary vocabulary of western Europe, where it remained chiefly the Muse's name in English.
Within the Greek-speaking world the name survived through late antiquity and the Byzantine era, and it is also borne by a Christian martyr venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church. In Modern Greek it is written Καλλιόπη and is commonly shortened to Πόπη (Popi) or Κάλλια (Kallia). Emigration from Greece and Cyprus in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries carried the name to the United States, Australia, and other diaspora communities, where spellings such as Kaliopi also appear.
How Popular is the Name Kalliopi?
Kalliopi has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1973. Its best rank was #4,678 in 1973.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,395 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #8,663 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2023 | #9,928 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #8,771 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2021 | #10,667 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #9,881 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #10,099 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2018 | #14,680 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #12,175 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #11,298 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2015 | #15,408 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #9,839 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2013 | #15,528 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #18,151 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #14,026 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2010 | #14,201 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2009 | #16,184 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2008 | #18,921 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #12,123 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2006 | #12,951 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2005 | #15,415 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2004 | #8,966 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2003 | #14,746 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #8,026 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1995 | #14,459 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #14,508 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #13,315 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #12,141 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #8,734 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1984 | #11,162 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #6,418 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1980 | #9,609 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1979 | #10,909 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1978 | #7,258 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1977 | #8,943 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1976 | #5,371 | 11 | 0.0008% |
| 1975 | #6,775 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1974 | #7,207 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1973 | #4,678 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1971 | #6,918 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1970 | #8,587 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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