Bliss

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Bliss: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Bliss: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,112, and it stood at #2,253 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
34times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1112highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1112
1997	#1802
1998	#1392
1999	#1970
2000	#1688
2001	#1617
2002	#1442
2003	#1224
2004	#1617
2005	#1243
2006	#1325
2007	#1443
2008	#2487
2009	#1752
2010	#3156
2011	#2275
2012	#3285
2013	#1707
2014	#3514
2015	#2195
2016	#3214
2017	#2341
2018	#2187
2019	#2869
2020	#2449
2021	#3192
2022	#3148
2023	#1705
2024	#2253

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1112 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1112 among girls in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2253 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Bliss appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 343 births with the name.

Bliss across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Bliss's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1112 (1996)	#1112 (1996)	#2253 (2024)	29 of 29	343 (1996–2024)	19 (2005)
England and Wales · Boys	#3036 (2000)	#3036 (2000)	#4270 (2024)	5 of 25	19 (2000–2024)	6 (2023)

Bliss by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Bliss in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	47	4 of 10	12
2000sbusiest	145	10 of 10	15
2010s	98	10 of 10	10
2020s	53	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 15 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Bliss appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1112 in England and Wales in 1996.

Bliss's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2253	12	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1705	17	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3192	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2449	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2869	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2187	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2195	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1707	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2275	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1752	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2487	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1443	18	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1325	19	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1243	19	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1617	13	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1224	18	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1442	13	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1617	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1688	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1970	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1392	13	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1802	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1112	17	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,112, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 19 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Carissa · #1112, 27y
Dhillon · #1113, 29y
Luther · #1111, 28y
Salmaan · #1113, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Carissa · #1112, 27y
Dhillon · #1113, 29y
Luther · #1111, 28y
Salmaan · #1113, 28y

Bliss and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Bliss without appearing here.

Bliss moved ahead of

Tyler Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3514 and #3160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2195 and #5730.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2869 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2449 and #5493.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2187 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2869 and #5591.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3192 and #5581.

Moved ahead of Bliss

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3192 and #1286.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1707 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #1628.
Clodagh Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1707 and #1864 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #2058.
Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3192 and #1785.

Moved the opposite way to Bliss

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bliss went from #1112 to #2253 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bliss went from #1112 to #2253 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bliss went from #1112 to #2253 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bliss went from #1112 to #2253 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Bliss

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bliss went from #1112 to #2253 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bliss went from #1112 to #2253 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bliss went from #1112 to #2253 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bliss went from #1112 to #2253 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1112 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Bliss

Bliss at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Bliss across 2 official records

Bliss by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Bliss appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Bliss moved ahead of

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Bliss at a glance

Bliss across 2 official records

Bliss by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Bliss appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Bliss and the names beside it

Bliss moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Bliss

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