Kalypso
Kalypso is a name with a single cultural origin: Greek Mythology.
- Greek Mythology
Meaning & Origin of Kalypso
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kalypso is a name with a single cultural origin: Greek Mythology.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Greek Mythology
The Story of Kalypso
The earliest SSA record of Kalypso as a baby girl name dates back to 2015, when 6 babies received it. 2023 was its biggest year on record, with 13 newborns named Kalypso — #8,048 in the national rankings. About 63% of every Kalypso on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Kalypso last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 12 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 75 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Kalypso
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Kalypso. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Kalypso
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About the name Kalypso
Kalypso is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2015 and has accumulated 75 births in the dataset. Kalypso's peak popularity came in 2023 when it ranked #8,048. Use the chart and map above to compare Kalypso's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.