girls:
1.6k births since 1916
#4140 (28th percentile)
boys:
216 births since 1887
#4370 (5th percentile)
overall:
1.8k births since 1887
#5922 (23rd percentile)
The name Bliss is the #5,922 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,834 recorded births since 1887. This represents the 23.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 23.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,140 (27.6% percentile) for all time with 1,618 births since 1916. For boys, it ranks #4,370 (4.6% percentile) for all time with 216 births since 1887.
Bliss first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1887 (1887 for boys and 1916 for girls). Birth data for Bliss is available in 92 out of the 137 years between 1887 and 2023 (75 years for girls and 34 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Bliss has been given predominantly to girls, with 88.2% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 88.6% of babies named Bliss were girls. Interestingly, until around 1946, the name was more popular for boys (80.3% boys from 1887 to 1945), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (95.4% girls from 1946 to 2023).
For girls, Bliss reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 9.3% percentile (ranked #859) with 53 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 53 births per million (ranked 9.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Bliss is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #859 (9.3% percentile) with 53 births per million.
For boys, Bliss reached its peak popularity in 1914, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #448) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 1887, with 46 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Bliss ranks #904 for boys (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 14.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Bliss".
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