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 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 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 1948
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Louisiana#449 · 1 in 4,615
- Missouri#464 · 1 in 6,482
- North Carolina#503 · 1 in 7,185
- Michigan#562 · 1 in 9,931
- California#594 · 1 in 7,959
Best ever in a state: #219 in North Dakota, 1951.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #449 | 7 | 1 in 4,615 |
| Missouri | #464 | 6 | 1 in 6,482 |
| North Carolina | #503 | 7 | 1 in 7,185 |
| Michigan | #562 | 7 | 1 in 9,931 |
| California | #594 | 14 | 1 in 7,959 |
| Ohio | #657 | 6 | 1 in 14,170 |
| Illinois | #782 | 5 | 1 in 16,756 |
| Pennsylvania | #787 | 5 | 1 in 20,763 |
| New York | #894 | 6 | 1 in 23,561 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
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| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| 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 1948
Top girls' names in 1948
More about 1948
girls
1,697,908 girls got a published name in 1948; 1 in 13,804 of them was named Corliss, which outranked 87.2% of the 6,040 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).