Spellings
Calliope or Kalliope?
In the US in 2025, 86% of babies in this name family were spelled Calliope and 14% Kalliope. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Calliope already led in 2015, with 77% of the family's births; it has 86% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 286 to 795 births (×3).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calliope | 221 | 682 | ×3 |
| Kalliope | 65 | 113 | +74% |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /kəˈlaɪəpi/ (kuh-LY-uh-pee). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Calliope 15 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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