At a glance
- U.S. rank 2025
- #4,857 of boy names (outside the top 1,000)
- Babies in 2025
- 20 (<0.01% of boys)
- Trend
- Rising #5,980 in 2020 to #4,857 in 2025
- Peak
- #2,819 in 1972
- First recorded
- 1914
Meaning of Calogero
Picture a sun-drenched Sicilian piazza: Calogero tiptoes into history with a wink and a flourish. Born from the Greek kalos (“beautiful”) and gēros (“elder”), this lively Italian name carries the warm spirit of Saint Calogerus the Hermit, whose gentle wisdom still whispers through olive groves. It dances off the tongue like a lively tarantella, rare enough in the U.S. that each newborn Calogero feels like a secret handshake among proud parents. Bold, heartfelt, and glowing with Mediterranean flair, Calogero is a tiny legend waiting to bloom.
How to pronounce Calogero
Italian
- Pronounced kah-loh-JE-roh /ka.lo.ˈdʒe.ro/
Popularity of Calogero in the U.S.
Calogero was the #4,857 boy name in the U.S. in 2025, with 20 babies. It peaked at #2,819 in 1972. It first appears in the records in 1914.
- Rank among U.S. boy names (right scale, #1 at the top)
Year-by-year table, 1914–2025 57 rows
| Year | Babies | Rank | vs previous year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | 4,857 | ▼ 156 |
| 2024 | 21 | 4,701 | ▲ 374 |
| 2023 | 19 | 5,075 | ▲ 140 |
| 2022 | 18 | 5,215 | ▼ 721 |
| 2021 | 22 | 4,494 | ▲ 1,486 |
| 2020 | 14 | 5,980 | ▼ 167 |
| 2019 | 15 | 5,813 | ▼ 1,074 |
| 2018 | 20 | 4,739 | ▲ 1,049 |
| 2017 | 15 | 5,788 | ▲ 1 |
| 2016 | 15 | 5,789 | ▲ 210 |
| 2015 | 14 | 5,999 | ▲ 2,131 |
| 2014 | 9 | 8,130 | ▼ 2,207 |
| 2013 | 14 | 5,923 | ▲ 383 |
| 2012 | 13 | 6,306 | ▲ 1,196 |
| 2011 | 10 | 7,502 | ▼ 1,466 |
| 2010 | 14 | 6,036 | ▼ 236 |
| 2009 | 15 | 5,800 | ▲ 3,219 |
| 2008 | 8 | 9,019 | ▼ 846 |
| 2007 | 9 | 8,173 | ▼ 746 |
| 2006 | 10 | 7,427 | ▼ 1,201 |
| 2005 | 12 | 6,226 | ▼ 980 |
| 2004 | 15 | 5,246 | ▲ 25 |
| 2003 | 14 | 5,271 | ▲ 1,251 |
| 2002 | 10 | 6,522 | ▼ 509 |
| 2001 | 11 | 6,013 | ▼ 973 |
| 2000 | 14 | 5,040 | ▲ 1,490 |
| 1999 | 9 | 6,530 | ▼ 690 |
| 1998 | 10 | 5,840 | ▲ 778 |
| 1997 | 8 | 6,618 | ▼ 122 |
| 1996 | 8 | 6,496 | ▲ 496 |
| 1995 | 7 | 6,992 | back (not recorded in 1990–1994) |
| 1989 | 6 | 6,941 | back (not recorded in 1988) |
| 1987 | 7 | 5,459 | ▼ 127 |
| 1986 | 7 | 5,332 | ▲ 1,191 |
| 1985 | 5 | 6,523 | ▼ 1,550 |
| 1984 | 7 | 4,973 | ▼ 66 |
| 1983 | 7 | 4,907 | ▲ 713 |
| 1982 | 6 | 5,620 | ▼ 1,762 |
| 1981 | 10 | 3,858 | ▲ 276 |
| 1980 | 9 | 4,134 | back (not recorded in 1979) |
| 1978 | 9 | 3,857 | ▲ 1,266 |
| 1977 | 6 | 5,123 | ▼ 705 |
| 1976 | 7 | 4,418 | ▼ 990 |
| 1975 | 10 | 3,428 | ▲ 1,206 |
| 1974 | 6 | 4,634 | ▲ 467 |
| 1973 | 5 | 5,101 | ▼ 2,282 |
| 1972 | 12 | 2,819 | ▲ 839 |
| 1971 | 8 | 3,658 | ▼ 137 |
| 1970 | 8 | 3,521 | ▲ 74 |
| 1969 | 7 | 3,595 | back (not recorded in 1965–1968) |
| 1964 | 5 | 4,039 | back (not recorded in 1930–1963) |
| 1929 | 5 | 3,959 | back (not recorded in 1927–1928) |
| 1926 | 9 | 2,904 | back (not recorded in 1919–1925) |
| 1918 | 6 | 3,728 | ▼ 183 |
| 1917 | 6 | 3,545 | back (not recorded in 1916) |
| 1915 | 5 | 3,825 | ▼ 910 |
| 1914 | 6 | 2,915 | new |
Notable people named Calogero
- Calogero Vizzini was an influential Sicilian Mafia boss who rose to prominence after World War II and died in 1954.
- Calogero is a French singer born Calogero Joseph Salvatore Maurici.
- Calogero Rizzuto was an Italian architect dedicated to preserving historic buildings.