girls:
2.8k births since 1919
#3251 (43rd percentile)
boys:
343 births since 1913
#4243 (7th percentile)
overall:
3.2k births since 1913
#4820 (38th percentile)
The name Corliss is the #4,820 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,192 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 37.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 37.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,251 (43.1% percentile) for all time with 2,849 births since 1919. For boys, it ranks #4,243 (7.4% percentile) for all time with 343 births since 1913.
Corliss first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (1913 for boys and 1919 for girls). Birth data for Corliss is available in 83 out of the 91 years between 1913 and 2003 (76 years for girls and 37 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 Corliss has been given predominantly to girls, with 89.3% of all recorded births being female. In 2003, 100.0% of babies named Corliss were girls. Interestingly, until around 1923, the name was more popular for boys (72.7% boys from 1913 to 1922), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (92.2% girls from 1923 to 2003).
For girls, Corliss reached its peak popularity in 1946, achieving the 26.4% percentile (ranked #485) with 113 births per million. The name was most common in 1946, with 113 births per million (ranked 26.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2003.
For boys, Corliss reached its peak popularity in 1924, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #541) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 1913, with 17 births per million (ranked 1.0% 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 "Corliss".
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