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Corliss

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Literal meaning not recorded

Corliss has been given to 3,192 babies in the U.S. since 1919. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1946, with 182 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 89% girls, 11% boys all-time.

Babies named Corliss, 2003

1 in 760,000

Corliss 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Corliss over time

In 2003, Corliss went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19132003

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.

Corliss: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Corliss means

Corliss is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Corliss is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,849 girls were recorded with the name Corliss between 1919 and 2003. Its highest annual count was 182 in 1946; its best national rank was #591 in 1946.

In the United States, 343 boys were recorded with the name Corliss between 1913 and 1996. Its highest annual count was 22 in 1994; its best national rank was #1,909 in 1924.

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 Corliss?

Corliss had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2003, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2003
1 in 760,000
5 of 3,801,425 births
Among girls only
1 in 365,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2003
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
526,991 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Corliss 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 2003 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 526,991 children born in 2003 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Corliss. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Corlisss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Corliss was born before 1953 — so the typical Corliss is around 72 today.

Median birth year
1953
About 72 years old
Biggest decade
1950s
39.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
4.8%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
1,867
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1950s — 39.2% of all recorded uses (1,116).

Is Corliss 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1946 (182)
Years since peak
79
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
25.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#591
1946

Spellings of Corliss

Corliss is not the most common spelling — Collins is, with 59.4% against Corliss's 15.7%.

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 Corliss is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Corliss was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 25,000 girls, against 1 in 111,545 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

04 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 25,000
  2. 2Georgia1 in 50,000
  3. 3Illinois1 in 50,000
  4. 4Alabama1 in 100,000
  5. 5California1 in 100,000
  6. 6Indiana1 in 100,000
  7. 7Kansas1 in 100,000
  8. 8Michigan1 in 100,000

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. Corliss has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Corliss is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Corliss was most concentrated in Arkansas — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 617,124 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Arkansas1 in 100,000
  2. 2Ohio1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys 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. Corliss has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Notable people named Corliss

People whose public names include Corliss, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Corliss by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#591
1946
Peak year
1946
182 that year
First recorded
1919
Last recorded
2003
All-time count
2,849
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,909
1924
Peak year
1994
22 that year
First recorded
1913
Last recorded
1996
All-time count
343
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Corliss

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

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Names with a curve like Corliss

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Corliss, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

GlindaCheryllPamellaRosannMerrieDremaPaulettaGwendaDayleSherrylKaranPamelia

Sibling names for Corliss

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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