Calliope

Girl · recorded 1917–2025

  • #451in 2025
  • 1 in 2,356girls in 2025
  • +243%last ten years
  • 4.1×in West Virginia

2025 was its biggest year ever, up 243% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1917

021242419171944197119982025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 47 recorded years as a table
Calliope, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19176
19214
19227
19235
19264
19276
19286
19294
19325
19513
19553
19723
19853
19883
19905
19943
19954
19963
19975
19986
19995
20005
20016
20027
200314
20048
200519
200618
200722
200825
200930
201049
201173
201283
2013107
2014111
2015124
2016164
2017194
2018198
2019242
2020254
2021303
2022311
2023388
2024379
2025424

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. West Virginia 4.1×
  2. Oregon 2.7×
  3. Washington 2.1×
  4. Indiana 1.9×
  5. Kansas 1.9×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
682
Rank in 2025
#451
How rare
1 in 2,356 girls
Since 1917
6,098

Most popular in 2025, at 424 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 243% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
West Virginia4.1×25
Oregon2.7×42
Washington2.1×71
Indiana1.9×64
Kansas1.9×26

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.