Corliss
Last seen for girls in 2003 at #15,784 · Last seen for boys in 1996 at #9,015
Given to girls 89.3% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1946 · 182 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,849since 1919
Corliss over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | — | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
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| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | — | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | — | #3,693 | 17 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #3,109 | 22 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | — | |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | — | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | — | |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | — | |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | — | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | — | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,743 | 15 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,612 | 20 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,863 | 16 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,122 | 21 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,599 | 28 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,160 | 37 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,396 | 29 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,789 | 21 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,212 | 29 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,357 | 26 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,854 | 38 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,686 | 47 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,489 | 56 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,429 | 60 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,435 | 60 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,253 | 76 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #1,184 | 81 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,349 | 61 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,301 | 66 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #878 | 129 | — | |
| 1955 | #826 | 137 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #926 | 108 | — | |
| 1953 | #886 | 113 | — | |
| 1952 | #736 | 145 | — | |
| 1951 | #744 | 139 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #733 | 137 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,005 | 80 | — | |
| 1948 | #773 | 123 | — | |
| 1947 | #711 | 142 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | #591 | 182 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #842 | 80 | — | |
| 1944 | #918 | 70 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,212 | 44 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,735 | 10 | #1,992 | 13 |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | #2,529 | 9 |
| 1934 | #2,741 | 10 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | #3,004 | 7 |
| 1932 | #2,365 | 13 | #2,313 | 11 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | #3,289 | 7 |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #2,954 | 10 | #2,659 | 10 |
| 1927 | #2,256 | 16 | #2,703 | 10 |
| 1926 | #1,721 | 24 | #3,385 | 7 |
| 1925 | #2,378 | 15 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | #1,533 | 30 | #1,894 | 18 |
| 1923 | #1,672 | 25 | #2,123 | 15 |
| 1922 | #1,897 | 21 | #3,014 | 9 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #2,632 | 11 |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | #2,459 | 12 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #2,877 | 9 |
| 1918 | — | #2,882 | 9 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,091 | 14 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,152 | 13 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,829 | 8 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,101 | 10 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,945 | 9 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Corliss! It came in at #4,251, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1942, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Corliss is popular in 1946
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Virginia#362 · 1 in 4,039
- Louisiana#389 · 1 in 3,365
- Missouri#412 · 1 in 5,240
- Illinois#443 · 1 in 6,012
- Florida#462 · 1 in 4,873
Best ever in a state: #219 in North Dakota, 1951.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | #362 | 8 | 1 in 4,039 |
| Louisiana | #389 | 9 | 1 in 3,365 |
| Missouri | #412 | 7 | 1 in 5,240 |
| Illinois | #443 | 13 | 1 in 6,012 |
| Florida | #462 | 5 | 1 in 4,873 |
| New York | #467 | 19 | 1 in 6,975 |
| Mississippi | #481 | 5 | 1 in 5,310 |
| California | #554 | 14 | 1 in 7,092 |
| Michigan | #622 | 5 | 1 in 12,419 |
| Ohio | #628 | 6 | 1 in 12,811 |
| Texas | #700 | 10 | 1 in 8,307 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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| West Virginia | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Corliss
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2003
- Biggest jump: 294 spots in 1944 (#1,212 → #918)
- Biggest drop: 423 spots in 1957 (#878 → #1,301)
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 1946 at #591 (182 births)
- Births halved by 1949, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1950–1956
- Highest: 1 in 8,634 girls born in 1946 were named Corliss (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 365,429 girls born in 2003 (0.00%)
- 39.2% of all girls named Corliss (1,116) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1995, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #4,251 (1919) | #4,251 |
| 1920s | 159 | #1,533 (1924) | #2,733 |
| 1930s | 82 | #2,365 (1932) | #3,262 |
| 1940s | 735 | #591 (1946) | #1,468 |
| 1950s | 1,116 | #733 (1950) | #956 |
| 1960s | 442 | #1,253 (1960) | #1,890 |
| 1970s | 185 | #2,160 (1970) | #3,962 |
| 1980s | 79 | #4,743 (1980) | #7,949 |
| 1990s | 40 | #8,719 (1993) | #11,301 |
| 2000s | 5 | #15,784 (2003) | #15,784 |
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.
Corliss in 1946
Top girls' names in 1946
Top boys' names in 1946
More about 1946
girls
1,571,305 girls got a published name in 1946; 1 in 8,634 of them was named Corliss, which outranked 89.6% of the 5,686 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,624,023 boys got a published name in 1946; 1 in 324,805 of them was named Corliss, which outranked 12.3% of the 4,018 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 493 names at #3,525; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.