Arliss
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AR-lis
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Arliss is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
Where does Arliss come from?
Spelling of Arlis; American name of uncertain origin, perhaps from the surname Arliss
Meaning borrowed from Arlis.
Is Arliss a girl's or a boy's name?
Arliss is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arliss in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,395th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 84% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Arliss, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2023, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the boys named Arliss in the US since 1880 were born between 1933 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1942, 54% of the babies named Arliss in the US were girls.
Arliss in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,109 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 15 | #2,092 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,660 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 9 | #2,562 |
| 1942 | 16 | #1,799 |
| 1941 | 13 | #1,997 |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,050 |
| 1938 | 19 | #1,559 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1936 | 15 | #1,801 |
| 1935 | 20 | #1,538 |
| 1934 | 24 | #1,386 |
| 1933 | 24 | #1,361 |
| 1932 | 24 | #1,426 |
| 1931 | 15 | #1,927 |
| 1930 | 25 | #1,463 |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,764 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,387 |
| 1927 | 9 | #2,911 |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,330 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,485 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 8 | #2,955 |
Names like Arliss
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ellis, August, Arthur, Leo, Archie, Henry, Atlas, Emmett, Leon, Hollis, Alden, Lewis
Names related to Arliss
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Arliss: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arliss, updated 20 October 2026.