Is Bliss a boy or girl name?

Bliss is mostly a girl’s name. Of the 2,023 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 88.5% were girls and 11.5% were boys.

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Bliss

Recorded 1887–2025 · United States

Bliss was most popular in 2023, when 106 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,436 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,792, with 90 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,023 people named Bliss.

Bliss over time

Births per year. The dot marks Bliss’s peak in 2023. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Bliss a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Bliss is mostly a girl’s name — 88.5% of the 2,023 Americans given it were girls and 11.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 91% girls and 9% 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 Bliss

Where Bliss is most concentrated

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

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