Arliss
Last seen for girls in 1994 at #13,430 · #4,396 for boys in 2025, 23 births
Given to girls 52.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1933 · 44 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 801since 1919
Arliss over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #4,396 | 23 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,701 | 21 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,112 | 26 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,633 | 16 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,776 | 15 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,235 | 17 | |
| 2019 | — | #7,173 | 11 | |
| 2018 | — | #7,617 | 10 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,338 | 13 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,146 | 9 | |
| 2015 | — | #9,568 | 7 | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #10,808 | 6 | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | #8,324 | 9 | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | #12,055 | 5 | |
| 2005 | — | #10,151 | 6 | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | #9,392 | 6 | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | #7,416 | 8 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,642 | 10 | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | — | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | #5,751 | 7 | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | — | |
| 1967 | — | #3,231 | 7 | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | — | |
| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | — | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #2,871 | 9 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #3,543 | 12 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | #3,493 | 12 | #2,798 | 9 |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #3,106 | 13 | #2,531 | 10 |
| 1952 | #3,372 | 11 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 | #2,662 | 9 |
| 1950 | #2,781 | 14 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | #2,482 | 15 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 | #1,772 | 15 |
| 1944 | #2,199 | 16 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,949 | 20 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | #1,981 | 19 | #1,799 | 16 |
| 1941 | #2,532 | 12 | #1,997 | 13 |
| 1940 | #1,965 | 17 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | #1,731 | 20 | #2,050 | 12 |
| 1938 | #1,650 | 22 | #1,559 | 19 |
| 1937 | #1,630 | 22 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #1,062 | 43 | #1,801 | 15 |
| 1935 | #1,264 | 32 | #1,538 | 20 |
| 1934 | #1,409 | 27 | #1,386 | 24 |
| 1933 | #1,050 | 44 | #1,361 | 24 |
| 1932 | #1,162 | 38 | #1,426 | 24 |
| 1931 | #1,258 | 33 | #1,927 | 15 |
| 1930 | #1,499 | 27 | #1,463 | 25 |
| 1929 | #1,704 | 22 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #2,284 | 15 | #2,387 | 12 |
| 1927 | #2,095 | 18 | #2,912 | 9 |
| 1926 | #1,667 | 25 | #2,904 | 9 |
| 1925 | #1,609 | 27 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | #2,308 | 16 | #2,641 | 11 |
| 1923 | #2,021 | 19 | #2,331 | 13 |
| 1922 | #1,836 | 22 | #2,486 | 12 |
| 1921 | #1,476 | 31 | #3,214 | 8 |
| 1920 | #1,708 | 24 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | #2,956 | 8 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1919
The first year at least five girls were named Arliss! It came in at #3,817, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1957, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1994
Rise & fade · girls
14 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 1933 at #1,050 (44 births)
- Births halved by 1937, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 22,908
- Highest: 1 in 22,908 girls born in 1933 were named Arliss (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 357,151 girls born in 1994 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
- 38.5% of all girls named Arliss (308) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1997
- Mostly girls until 1996, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 7 | #3,817 (1919) | #3,817 |
| 1920s | 219 | #1,476 (1921) | #1,871 |
| 1930s | 308 | #1,050 (1933) | #1,372 |
| 1940s | 146 | #1,949 (1943) | #2,490 |
| 1950s | 94 | #2,781 (1950) | #3,752 |
| 1960s | 22 | #5,817 (1965) | #6,269 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 5 | #13,430 (1994) | #13,430 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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