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

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Peak · girls
1933 · 44 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
801
since 1919

Arliss over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201933peak #1,050, 1933peak #1,361, 1933girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,39623
2024#4,70121
2023#4,11226
2022#5,63316
2021#5,77615
2020#5,23517
2019#7,17311
2018#7,61710
2017#6,33813
2016#8,1469
2015#9,5687
2014
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2012
2011#10,8086
2010
2009
2008#8,3249
2007
2006#12,0555
2005#10,1516
2004
2003
2002#9,3926
2001
2000#7,4168
1999
1998#9,6315
1997#5,64210
1996
1995
1994#13,4305
1993
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1989
1988#5,7517
1987
1986#6,7215
1985
1984#6,3155
1983
1982
1981#6,2625
1980#6,2505
1979
1978#5,7725
1977#5,8455
1976
1975#4,7976
1974
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1968#7,0165
1967#3,2317
1966
1965#5,8176
1964#4,0395
1963
1962
1961#5,8516
1960#6,3905#2,8719
1959#5,0317#3,6196
1958#3,54312#2,09315
1957
1956#3,49312#2,7989
1955#4,0699
1954#4,6557#3,1767
1953#3,10613#2,53110
1952#3,37211#3,0957
1951#3,7149#2,6629
1950#2,78114#2,7708
1949#2,99912
1948#2,97412#3,0107
1947#2,89813#3,7335
1946#2,48215#2,6908
1945#2,91610#1,77215
1944#2,19916
1943#1,94920#2,5639
1942#1,98119#1,79916
1941#2,53212#1,99713
1940#1,96517#2,8717
1939#1,73120#2,05012
1938#1,65022#1,55919
1937#1,63022#2,4799
1936#1,06243#1,80115
1935#1,26432#1,53820
1934#1,40927#1,38624
1933#1,05044#1,36124
1932#1,16238#1,42624
1931#1,25833#1,92715
1930#1,49927#1,46325
1929#1,70422#2,7669
1928#2,28415#2,38712
1927#2,09518#2,9129
1926#1,66725#2,9049
1925#1,60927#3,4087
1924#2,30816#2,64111
1923#2,02119#2,33113
1922#1,83622#2,48612
1921#1,47631#3,2148
1920#1,70824
1919#3,8177#4,1685
1918
1917#2,9568
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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.

Where Arliss is popular in 1933

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #281 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,618 girlsMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedILWisconsin: #233 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,146 girlsWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Arliss, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Wisconsin#233 · 1 in 2,146
  2. Minnesota#281 · 1 in 2,618

Best ever in a state: #181 in North Dakota, 1937.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Wisconsin#233101 in 2,146
Minnesota#28171 in 2,618
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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 Arliss
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
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s7#3,817 (1919)#3,817
1920s219#1,476 (1921)#1,871
1930s308#1,050 (1933)#1,372
1940s146#1,949 (1943)#2,490
1950s94#2,781 (1950)#3,752
1960s22#5,817 (1965)#6,269
1970s0
1980s0
1990s5#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.

Arliss in 1933

girls
#1,050
44 births · 1 in 22,908 girls
boys
#1,361
24 births · 1 in 41,314 boys

Top girls' names in 1933

  1. #1Mary55,517
  2. #2Betty31,531
  3. #3Barbara26,949
  4. #4Dorothy22,054
  5. #5Joan19,294
  6. #6Patricia18,632
  7. #7Margaret15,241
  8. #8Helen14,644
  9. #9Shirley14,320
  10. #10Doris12,025
  11. #1,050Arliss44

Top boys' names in 1933

  1. #1Robert54,221
  2. #2James51,112
  3. #3John46,224
  4. #4William39,049
  5. #5Richard31,331
  6. #6Charles28,991
  7. #7Donald28,450
  8. #8George18,356
  9. #9Joseph17,162
  10. #10Thomas16,508
  11. #1,361Arliss24
More about 1933

girls

1,007,932 girls got a published name in 1933; 1 in 22,908 of them was named Arliss, which outranked 78.4% of the 4,858 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arliss
  1. #1,038Rosita45
  2. #1,038Rutha45
  3. #1,038Viva45
  4. #1,050Arliss44
  5. #1,050Albina44
  6. #1,050Annis44
  7. #1,050Arlys44
  8. #1,062Annmarie43
  9. #1,062Blondell43
  10. #1,062Delora43

Tied with 11 names at #1,050; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. 1,022Rheta#1,754#732
  2. 930Joellen#1,877#947
  3. 583Veola#1,568#985
  4. 483Sharlene#1,162#679
  5. 475Louetta#1,448#973
Fallers
  1. 395Golda#969#1,364
  2. 322Louis#940#1,262
  3. 298Bebe#899#1,197
  4. 291Clyde#998#1,289
  5. 291Mariam#998#1,289

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

991,524 boys got a published name in 1933; 1 in 41,314 of them was named Arliss, which outranked 67.3% of the 4,156 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arliss
  1. #1,330Stafford25
  2. #1,330Thelma25
  3. #1,330Toney25
  4. #1,361Arliss24
  5. #1,361Alvaro24
  6. #1,361Bedford24
  7. #1,361Brendan24
  8. #1,405Almon23
  9. #1,405Arnett23
  10. #1,405Ballard23

Tied with 43 names at #1,361; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. 553Neville#1,548#995
  2. 401Cordell#1,286#885
  3. 381Hamilton#1,286#905
  4. 375Delano#677#302
  5. 313Jan#937#624
Fallers
  1. 568Hoover#793#1,361
  2. 541Porfirio#915#1,456
  3. 424Rosendo#937#1,361
  4. 381Alfonzo#821#1,202
  5. 368Hillard#862#1,230

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1933