Is Arliss a boy or girl name?

Arliss is a unisex name. Of the 1,529 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 52.4% were girls and 47.6% were boys. It changed hands in 1945, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Arliss

Recorded 1917–2025 · United States

Arliss was most popular in 1933, when 68 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,497 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,389, with 23 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,529 people named Arliss.

Arliss over time

Births per year. The dot marks Arliss’s peak in 1933. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Arliss a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Arliss is a unisex name — 52.4% of the 1,529 Americans given it were girls and 47.6% were boys. It changed hands: since 1945 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Arliss

Where Arliss is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

Minnesota 29.6×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org