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Bliss

#2,219 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Literal meaning not recorded; English origin

Bliss has been given to 2,023 babies in the U.S. since 1916. In 2025 it ranked #2,219 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 94 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 88% girls, 12% boys all-time.

Babies named Bliss, 2025

1 in 39,900

Bliss over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Bliss over time

In 2025, Bliss went to 92% girls and 8% boys.

18872025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Bliss: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded; English origin

English

What Bliss means

Bliss is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Bliss is used in English. Its origins include English.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Bliss is pronounced /blɪs/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,790 girls were recorded with the name Bliss between 1916 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 94 in 2023; its best national rank was #1,691 in 1986.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,857 in 2020 to #2,219 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,439 in 2015 to #2,219 in 2025.

In the United States, 233 boys were recorded with the name Bliss between 1887 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1914; its best national rank was #946 in 1887.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #9,693 in 2020 to #9,840 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #9,693 in 2015 to #9,840 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Bliss?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 39,900
83 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 19,400
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#2,219
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
27,687 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Bliss sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5001%

Put another way: gather 27,687 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Bliss. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Blisss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Bliss was born before 2010 — so the typical Bliss is around 15 today.

Median birth year
2010
About 15 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
26.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
63.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,745
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2010s — 26.5% of all recorded uses (475).

Is Bliss rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−63
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+638
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,220
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.80×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
88.3%
Peak was 2023 (94)
Years since peak
2
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
22.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,691
1986

Spellings of Bliss

Bliss is not the most common spelling — Lisa is, with 79.5% against Bliss's 0.15%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Bliss is used

Across 2016–2025, Bliss was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 20,000 girls, against 1 in 32,323 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in 100,000).

15 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 20,000
  2. 2Florida1 in 25,000
  3. 3California1 in 33,333
  4. 4Georgia1 in 33,333
  5. 5Louisiana1 in 33,333
  6. 6Ohio1 in 33,333
  7. 7Pennsylvania1 in 33,333
  8. 8Maryland1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Bliss around the world

Where Bliss ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #2,138
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1987–1987
    #582
    in 1987
  • France
    2002–2024
    #7,267
    in 2024
  • Canada
    2009–2023
    #3,391
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    1994–2011
    #840
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Bliss by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,219
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 638
Best rank ever
#1,691
1986
Peak year
2023
94 that year
First recorded
1916
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,790
Count in 2025
83

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#9,840
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 147
Best rank ever
#946
1887
Peak year
1914
13 that year
First recorded
1887
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
233
Count in 2025
7

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Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Bliss

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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