Blyss — #9142 US girls' name
189 babies named Blyss in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 48% of names given to girls today.
40% of everyone ever named Blyss was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Blyss in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Blyss
The Social Security Administration has registered 189 babies named Blyss between 1986 and 2024, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Blyss currently holds the #9142 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Blyss performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 76 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Blyss shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Blyss in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Blyss in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 189 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Blyss at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Blyss popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1986
- Peak year (2022)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
Currently ranks #9142 among girls.
189 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 17 births in a single year.
Blyss by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 76 births that decade — 40% of Blyss's all-time total
Blyss decade highlights
- Peak decade 76 births
- Runner-up 61 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Blyss's strongest decade
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Blyss by state
Where Blyss concentrates geographically — total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.6% |
5 of 189 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1986–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.