Kalypso

#8,605 in 2025Girls' name

Form of Calypso

Kalypso has been given to 87 babies in the U.S. since 2015. In 2025 it ranked #8,605 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Kalypso, 2025

1 in 276,000

Kalypso over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kalypso: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Calypso

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kalypso means

Kalypso is a form of Calypso.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Kalypso → Calypso. The family’s proposed meaning is “she that conceals”, recorded in the naming reference for Calypso.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Calypso.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 87 girls were recorded with the name Kalypso between 2015 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2023; its best national rank was #8,260 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #14,244 in 2020 to #8,605 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #15,407 in 2015 to #8,605 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Kalypso?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 276,000; 12 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 134,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #8,605; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 191,493 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kalypso sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 191,493 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kalypso. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kalypsos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kalypso was born before 2022 — so the typical Kalypso is around 3 today.

Median birth year: 2022; About 3 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 67.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 87; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 67.8% of all recorded uses (59).

Is Kalypso rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +80; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +5,639; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +6,802; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 2.00×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 92.3%; Peak was 2023 (13)
Years since peak: 2; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 25.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #8,260; 2023

Spellings of Kalypso

Kalypso is not the most common spelling — Kalyssa is, with 90.7% against Kalypso's 9.3%.

Kalyssa90.7%852
Kalypso9.3%87

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Kalypso around the world

Where Kalypso ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
2011–2025
#6,014
in 2025
South Australia
2005–2005
#775
in 2005

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Kalypso by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #8,605
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 5,639
Best rank ever: #8,260; 2023
Peak year: 2023; 13 that year
First recorded: 2015
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 87
Count in 2025: 12

Names similar to Kalypso

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Kaleiya Kalanni Kalaiah Kalasia Kalanii Kalyiah Kaleeya Kalaiya Kalonni Kalylah Kaleeah Kaliopi Kalahni Kaleaha Kalanie Kaliann Kalirose Kaleea Kalyah Kaleiyah Kaliope Kaleesia Kalaiyah Kalyla

Sibling names for Kalypso

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Rhianna Adelle Leonor Anabel Hayleigh Jaiden

For a brother

Aaden Evans Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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