Calamity
Calamity reached its high-water mark in 1956 at number 3,696, and has been recorded 19 times in all. It has not appeared in the national data since 1957. About 16 Calamitys are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 69.
Popularity, 1880–2025
girls named Calamity
By the numbers
- Total US births
- 19
- Estimated living today
- 16
- Median age today
- 69
- Peak year
- 1956
- Best rank
- 3,696th
- Rank in 2025
- unranked
- First recorded
- 1956
Notable Calamitys
- Calamity Jane (1852–1903)American scout and frontierswoman
People named Calamity with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Where Calamity is most common
Total births recorded in each state since 1910. Browse names by state.
Names of 1956
The most popular girls’ names the year Calamity peaked:
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Calamity against another name
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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.