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

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Peak · girls
1946 · 182 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,849
since 1919

Corliss over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201960peak #591, 1946peak #1,894, 1924girlsboys
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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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2003#15,7845
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1998#14,1225
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1996#11,8076#9,0155
1995#3,69317
1994#13,4305#3,10922
1993#8,7199
1992#10,4797
1991
1990#9,2478
1989#8,7618
1988#10,3866
1987#11,3255
1986#7,7498
1985
1984#10,4225
1983#5,45712
1982#6,37110
1981#6,32310
1980#4,74315
1979#5,09213
1978#4,67914
1977#3,61220
1976#4,15415
1975#4,85412
1974#3,86316
1973#3,12221
1972#5,4809
1971#2,59928
1970#2,16037
1969#2,39629
1968#2,78921
1967#2,21229
1966#2,35726
1965#1,85438
1964#1,68647
1963#1,48956
1962#1,42960
1961#1,43560
1960#1,25376#3,3377
1959#1,18481
1958#1,34961
1957#1,30166#3,5526
1956#878129
1955#826137#3,5056
1954#926108
1953#886113
1952#736145
1951#744139#3,7145
1950#733137
1949#1,00580
1948#773123
1947#711142#3,3706
1946#591182#3,5255
1945#84280
1944#91870
1943#1,21244#2,7328
1942
1941#3,9546
1940#3,2088#3,4595
1939#4,2505#2,8297
1938#3,4507
1937#2,73510#1,99213
1936#4,1815#2,8547
1935#3,1568#2,5299
1934#2,74110#3,6795
1933#3,1098#3,0047
1932#2,36513#2,31311
1931#2,9729#3,7635
1930#3,6587#3,2897
1929#4,0536#2,7669
1928#2,95410#2,65910
1927#2,25616#2,70310
1926#1,72124#3,3857
1925#2,37815#3,4087
1924#1,53330#1,89418
1923#1,67225#2,12315
1922#1,89721#3,0149
1921#4,4646#2,63211
1920#4,3986#2,45912
1919#4,2516#2,8779
1918#2,8829
1917#2,09114
1916#2,15213
1915#2,8298
1914#2,10110
1913#1,9459
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First appearance
1919

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.

See more about Corliss
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
27 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1919
  • Peaked 1946 at #591 (182 births)
  • Births halved by 1949, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1950–1956
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,634
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 39.2% of all girls named Corliss (1,116) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1996
  • Mostly boys until 1995, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s6#4,251 (1919)#4,251
1920s159#1,533 (1924)#2,733
1930s82#2,365 (1932)#3,262
1940s735#591 (1946)#1,468
1950s1,116#733 (1950)#956
1960s442#1,253 (1960)#1,890
1970s185#2,160 (1970)#3,962
1980s79#4,743 (1980)#7,949
1990s40#8,719 (1993)#11,301
2000s5#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 1960

girls
#1,253
76 births · 1 in 26,604 girls
boys
#3,337
7 births · 1 in 304,617 boys

Top girls' names in 1960

  1. #1Mary51,472
  2. #2Susan39,208
  3. #3Linda37,316
  4. #4Karen36,378
  5. #5Donna34,138
  6. #6Lisa33,693
  7. #7Patricia32,113
  8. #8Debra26,732
  9. #9Cynthia26,706
  10. #10Deborah25,266
  11. #1,253Corliss76

Top boys' names in 1960

  1. #1David85,929
  2. #2Michael84,153
  3. #3James76,815
  4. #4John76,096
  5. #5Robert72,357
  6. #6Mark58,727
  7. #7William49,361
  8. #8Richard43,553
  9. #9Thomas39,278
  10. #10Steven33,878
  11. #3,337Corliss7
More about 1960

girls

2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 26,604 of them was named Corliss, which outranked 82.9% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Corliss
  1. #1,248Holli77
  2. #1,248Londa77
  3. #1,248Troy77
  4. #1,253Corliss76
  5. #1,253Casey76
  6. #1,253Jeanmarie76
  7. #1,253Kimberlie76
  8. #1,266Antonette75
  9. #1,266Arnetta75
  10. #1,266Christal75

Tied with 12 names at #1,253; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. 1,798Lisha#2,395#597
  2. 1,223Elana#2,108#885
  3. 667Leisha#1,537#870
  4. 513Misty#1,214#701
  5. 462Loriann#1,396#934
Fallers
  1. 421Taryn#771#1,192
  2. 335Cheryll#993#1,328
  3. 305Marilynn#724#1,029
  4. 304Drema#997#1,301
  5. 258Merrie#978#1,236

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

boys

2,132,320 boys got a published name in 1960; 1 in 304,617 of them was named Corliss, which outranked 27.4% of the 4,598 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Corliss
  1. #3,077Woodson8
  2. #3,077Wynton8
  3. #3,077Yvon8
  4. #3,337Corliss7
  5. #3,337Adin7
  6. #3,337Adonis7
  7. #3,337Adrienne7
  8. #3,665Abbott6
  9. #3,665Abby6
  10. #3,665Abdon6

Tied with 327 names at #3,337; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. 3,061Stephon#3,988#927
  2. 1,039Kennedy#1,759#720
  3. 489Darryle#1,416#927
  4. 379Garret#1,360#981
  5. 373Darryll#1,324#951
Fallers
  1. 333Grayling#987#1,320
  2. 327Lucious#946#1,273
  3. 274Brion#919#1,193
  4. 261Gail#747#1,008
  5. 254Delton#939#1,193

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

See the top 100 for 1960