NameTides

Bliss

Bliss was the #2,214 girls' name in the US in 2025 (83 babies), and #2,138 in England & Wales and #3,044 in Canada.

Bliss as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Bliss as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanada
Bliss as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#2,214 (83)#2,138 (13)—#3,044 (6)
2024#2,150 (88)#2,254 (12)——
2023#2,062 (94)#1,705 (17)—#3,290 (5)
2022#3,313 (48)#3,149 (7)——
2021#2,533 (69)#3,192 (7)——
2020#2,850 (57)#2,449 (10)——
2019#3,388 (46)#2,869 (8)——
2018#3,438 (45)#2,187 (12)—#3,286 (5)
2017#3,697 (41)#2,341 (11)——
2016#3,707 (41)#3,214 (7)——
2015#3,429 (46)#2,195 (12)——
2014#3,184 (51)#3,514 (6)——
2013#3,573 (43)#1,707 (17)——
2012#3,006 (56)#3,285 (7)——
2011#2,989 (57)#2,275 (11)——

Bliss as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Bliss as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Bliss as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & Wales
2025#9,714 (7)#5,137 (3)
2024#7,765 (10)#4,271 (4)
2023#6,897 (12)#3,113 (6)
2022#10,863 (6)#4,790 (3)
2021#8,825 (8)—
2020#9,554 (7)#4,608 (3)
2018#12,156 (5)—
2016#12,185 (5)—
2015#9,568 (7)—
2013#12,136 (5)—
2012#10,770 (6)—
2007#12,367 (5)—
2000—#3,036 (3)
1959#3,619 (6)—
1958#3,944 (5)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #2,062.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1916.
  • In 2025, 92% of US babies named Bliss were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 19,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 20,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare
USBoys2025about 1 in 250,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Bliss is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 16,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 9,400 to 1 in 27,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Bliss by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,392PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,767CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #776LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,533GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,636TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Bliss (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BlissCanadaGirls#3,0446
BlissEngland & WalesGirls#2,13813
BlissEngland & WalesBoys#5,1373
BlissNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
BlissScotlandGirls—too few
BlissUSGirls#2,21483
BlissUSBoys#9,7147