How Many People Are Named Corliss?

2,132

people named Corliss are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 160,311 people in the US has this name

Based on 3,192 babies named Corliss in Social Security records from 1913 to 2003, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#6,469

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#3,612

See the top 100

Peak Year

1946

187 births

Trend

2003

Last year given

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
96.2%
Male
3.8%

Of the babies given the name Corliss, 96.2% were girls and 3.8% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Corliss rose from 59.6% in the 1920s to 100% in the 1970s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Corliss alive today is about 67 years old, and 80% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 62 and 75 in 2025.

Under 30 21
1%
30 to 59 412
19.3%
60 and over 1,700
79.7%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Corliss first appears in the records in 1913 and was given most often in 1946, to 187 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2003.

Babies given the name each year, 1913 to 2003

🏆 Rank History

Corliss has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #591, in 1946. Among boys, its best rank was #1,909, in 1924.

GirlsBoys
Rank in 2025Not rankedNot ranked
Best rank#591 (1946)#1,909 (1924)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#936 in the 1950s#2,620 in the 1920s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Corliss alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Corliss were born in Illinois than in any other state: about 114 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Corliss was given 4.9 times as often in Louisiana, 3.5 times in Georgia and 2.5 times in Illinois.

Illinois 114
California 97
Louisiana 87
Georgia 87
Texas 78
Michigan 62
New York 57
Ohio 41
Missouri 39
Alabama 29
Pennsylvania 28
Indiana 19
Florida 17
Virginia 15
North Carolina 13
Kansas 12
Arkansas 10
Minnesota 10
New Jersey 9
Wisconsin 4
Iowa 4
North Dakota 4
Maryland 4
Mississippi 3
Kentucky 3

Look up another name

👤

⊙ We don't save the names you search.