girls:
483 births since 1945
#5233 (8th percentile)
boys:
32 births since 1918
#4554 (1st percentile)
overall:
515 births since 1918
#7224 (7th percentile)
The name Corlis is the #7,224 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 515 recorded births since 1918. This represents the 6.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,233 (8.4% percentile) for all time with 483 births since 1945. For boys, it ranks #4,554 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 32 births since 1918.
Corlis first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1918 (1918 for boys and 1945 for girls). Birth data for Corlis is available in 25 out of the 49 years between 1918 and 1966 (19 years for girls and 6 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 Corlis has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 93.8% of all recorded births being female. Interestingly, until around 1945, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1918 to 1944), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 1945 to 1966).
For girls, Corlis reached its peak popularity in 1957, achieving the 6.6% percentile (ranked #717) with 27 births per million. The name was most common in 1957, with 27 births per million (ranked 6.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1966.
For boys, Corlis reached its peak popularity in 1927, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #538) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1926, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1934.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Corlis".
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