# Bliss (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bliss/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /blɪs/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Blish |
| US babies named this | 2,023 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 233 / 1,790 (88% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 378, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 57 | 2,993 |
| 2012 | 56 | 3,014 |
| 2013 | 43 | 3,584 |
| 2014 | 51 | 3,191 |
| 2015 | 46 | 3,439 |
| 2016 | 41 | 3,717 |
| 2017 | 41 | 3,706 |
| 2018 | 45 | 3,444 |
| 2019 | 46 | 3,400 |
| 2020 | 57 | 2,857 |
| 2021 | 69 | 2,539 |
| 2022 | 48 | 3,321 |
| 2023 | 94 | 2,062 |
| 2024 | 88 | 2,156 |
| 2025 | 83 | 2,219 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1943 | 6 | 3,258 |
| 1958 | 5 | 4,008 |
| 1959 | 6 | 3,650 |
| 2007 | 5 | 12,594 |
| 2012 | 6 | 10,958 |
| 2013 | 5 | 12,383 |
| 2015 | 7 | 9,699 |
| 2016 | 5 | 12,438 |
| 2018 | 5 | 12,423 |
| 2020 | 7 | 9,699 |
| 2021 | 8 | 8,943 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11,059 |
| 2023 | 12 | 6,949 |
| 2024 | 10 | 7,849 |
| 2025 | 7 | 9,844 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 2,275 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2013 | 17 | 1,707 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2015 | 12 | 2,195 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3,214 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2018 | 12 | 2,187 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,869 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,449 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3,192 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3,148 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1,705 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2,253 |
| 2025 | 13 | 2,138 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3 | 3,036 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.