Is Corlis a boy or girl name?

Corlis is mostly a girl’s name. Of the 515 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 93.8% were girls and 6.2% were boys.

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Corlis

Recorded 1918–1966 · United States

Corlis was most popular in 1957, when 56 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,319 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 515 people named Corlis.

Corlis over time

Births per year. The dot marks Corlis’s peak in 1957. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Corlis a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Corlis is mostly a girl’s name — 93.8% of the 515 Americans given it were girls and 6.2% were 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.

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