Arliss
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Arliss
Best remembered as one of the boys in "Old Yeller" and the title of a late 1990s HBO sitcom, "Arliss," featuring sports agent Arliss Michaels. Also sometimes heard as a girl's name and a surname (as in early film star George Arliss).
Arliss for girls
Arliss is most famous as the name of a few high-profile male characters, though it can just as easily work for a baby girl.
Pronounced AR-liss.
As of October 2026, Arliss ranked #4410 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1362 in 1933.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #4,117 | 26 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #4,704 | 21 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #4,410 | 23 | — | 0 |
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Famous Arlisss
- Leslie Richard "Arliss" HowardBoy
American actor and director
- Arliss BeachBoy
American football player
- Shane Arliss CulkinBoy
brother of actor Macaulay Culkin
- George ArlissBoy
American actor
- (Jane) Arliss SturgulewskiGirl
American politician from Alaska
- Arliss RyanGirl
American novelist
Arliss in pop culture
- Arliss MichaelsBoy
main character on TV's "Arli$$"
- Arliss CoatesBoy
character in movie "Old Yeller"
- Arliss LovelessBoy
villain in movie "Wild Wild West"
- Arliss LipnickiBoy
character in the 1994 movie "The War"