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Bliss

girls’ nameAt its peakCompare

Bliss is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 86 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
860.01% of girls
Peak year
202394 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1916
1,930people given the name
Babies named Bliss, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,705 girls have been named Bliss in the United States since 1916, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 94 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2009, and the 2010s alone account for 28%.

It is overwhelmingly a girl’s name: 225 boys have also been given it, 12% of the total.

By decade

Decadegirls named Bliss
1910s23
1940s22
1950s29
1960s68
1970s108
1980s225
1990s158
2000s243
2010s475
2020s354

In 2023, its biggest year

Bliss was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2023 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Sophia. See all of 2023.

Names that rose and fell with Bliss

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.