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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Arliss

Arliss was the 4410th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 23 babies. Its best year was 1933, when it ranked 1362nd; the most babies were born in 2023 (26). Over the last ten years it has moved up 5,242 places. More babies were named Arliss in the 1930s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#4,410 boys, up 840 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
23boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
202326 babies
Total since 1880
1,529babies recorded

Arliss popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
GirlsBoys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Rank (boys)Babies (girls)Babies (boys)
2025—#4,410—23
2020—#5,250—17
2010————
2000—#7,483—8
1990————
1980—#6,313—5
1970————
1960#6,432#2,88059
1950#2,783#2,782148
1940#1,965#2,891177
1930#1,504#1,4632725
1920#1,710—24—
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1890————
1880————

How popular is Arliss, counting every spelling?

Arliss is the most common spelling of a name family that had 46 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 46 boys in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Arliss23#4,410101
Arlis23#4,40994

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How many kids will share the name Arliss?

23 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Arliss (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Arliss born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 363 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Arliss.

Chance of another Arliss in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Arliss?

About 400 people born in the US named Arliss are alive today, with a median age of 21; half are between 5 and 68. That makes Arliss mostly worn by children and young adults. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Arliss: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Arliss, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Arliss

How popular is the name Arliss?

Arliss was the 4410th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 23 babies. Its best year was 1933, when it ranked 1362nd; the most babies were born in 2023 (26). Over the last ten years it has moved up 5,242 places. More babies were named Arliss in the 1930s than in any other decade.

Is Arliss a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Arliss in the US.