girls:
304 births since 1943
#5412 (5th percentile)
boys:
85 births since 1939
#4501 (2nd percentile)
overall:
389 births since 1939
#7350 (5th percentile)
The name Carliss is the #7,350 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 389 recorded births since 1939. This represents the 5.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,412 (5.3% percentile) for all time with 304 births since 1943. For boys, it ranks #4,501 (1.8% percentile) for all time with 85 births since 1939.
Carliss first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1939 (1939 for boys and 1943 for girls). Birth data for Carliss is available in 34 out of the 58 years between 1939 and 1996 (32 years for girls and 15 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 Carliss has been given predominantly to girls, with 78.1% of all recorded births being female. In 1996, 0.0% of babies named Carliss were girls.
For girls, Carliss reached its peak popularity in 1952, achieving the 2.6% percentile (ranked #672) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 1952, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1981.
For boys, Carliss reached its peak popularity in 1950, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #597) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1944, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1996.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Carliss".
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