Blythe
#2,051 for girls in 2025, 92 births · #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
Given to girls 95.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1974 · 109 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,168since 1897
Blythe over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,051 | 92 | #7,679 | 10 |
| 2024 | #1,870 | 107 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | #1,850 | 108 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,034 | 95 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | #1,991 | 97 | #8,825 | 8 |
| 2020 | #2,100 | 87 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2019 | #1,528 | 141 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | #1,978 | 99 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | #1,779 | 117 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #1,386 | 168 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #1,493 | 153 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #1,371 | 169 | #8,130 | 9 |
| 2013 | #1,338 | 174 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | #1,396 | 165 | #8,864 | 8 |
| 2011 | #1,886 | 106 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #2,237 | 86 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #2,244 | 87 | #8,310 | 9 |
| 2008 | #2,441 | 78 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,822 | 64 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #2,728 | 65 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #2,278 | 79 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #2,309 | 75 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #2,321 | 72 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #2,228 | 74 | #7,055 | 9 |
| 2001 | #2,379 | 66 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,508 | 60 | #5,920 | 11 |
| 1999 | #2,527 | 56 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #3,116 | 40 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #2,328 | 57 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #2,796 | 43 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,650 | 46 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #2,585 | 48 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #2,882 | 41 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #2,513 | 50 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,242 | 58 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #1,905 | 73 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #2,304 | 51 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,968 | 61 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,678 | 72 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,717 | 68 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,473 | 84 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,332 | 91 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,665 | 66 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,551 | 76 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,641 | 70 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,128 | 48 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,832 | 58 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #1,614 | 66 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,736 | 59 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,677 | 58 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,527 | 66 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,076 | 109 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,647 | 55 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,222 | 34 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,599 | 28 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,781 | 50 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,768 | 23 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,874 | 20 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,432 | 25 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,839 | 19 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,345 | 26 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,000 | 18 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,306 | 27 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #1,989 | 34 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,474 | 24 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,573 | 22 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,395 | 23 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,376 | 23 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,276 | 24 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,249 | 24 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #2,839 | 16 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,295 | 22 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,236 | 22 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,892 | 28 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,810 | 14 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #2,053 | 22 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,274 | 19 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,880 | 12 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #2,287 | 15 | — | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | — | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | #2,575 | 11 | — | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | — | |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | — | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | — | |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | — | |
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | — | |
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | — | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Blythe! It came in at #1,385, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1898–1903, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Blythe
- 181 spots since 2024 (#1,870 → #2,051)
- 49 spots since 2020 (#2,100 → #2,051)
- 558 spots since 2015 (#1,493 → #2,051)
- Debuted 1897
- Peaked 1974 at #1,076 (109 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 10,085 girls born in 2013 were named Blythe (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 17,470 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #1,076 in 1974, was only 1 in 13,464 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 26.7% of all girls named Blythe (1,378) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1941, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | #1,385 (1897) | #1,385 |
| 1900s | 6 | #1,659 (1904) | #1,659 |
| 1910s | 41 | #2,526 (1915) | #3,141 |
| 1920s | 58 | #2,958 (1922) | #3,934 |
| 1930s | 38 | #2,575 (1935) | #3,449 |
| 1940s | 97 | #2,274 (1949) | #3,205 |
| 1950s | 218 | #1,892 (1952) | #2,342 |
| 1960s | 238 | #1,989 (1962) | #2,560 |
| 1970s | 583 | #1,076 (1974) | #1,771 |
| 1980s | 687 | #1,332 (1984) | #1,746 |
| 1990s | 512 | #1,905 (1990) | #2,554 |
| 2000s | 720 | #2,228 (2002) | #2,426 |
| 2010s | 1,378 | #1,338 (2013) | #1,639 |
| 2020s | 586 | #1,850 (2023) | #1,983 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Blythe in 2024
Top girls' names in 2024
Top boys' names in 2024
More about 2024
girls
1,620,190 girls got a published name in 2024; 1 in 15,142 of them was named Blythe, which outranked 89.5% of the 17,726 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,852Sury108
- #1,852Verity108
- #1,852Zeynep108
- #1,870Blythe107
- #1,870Aashvi107
- #1,870Akari107
- #1,870Ally107
- #1,884Blanca106
- #1,884Iyanna106
- #1,884Maizy106
Tied with 13 names at #1,870; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,722,888 boys got a published name in 2024; 1 in 287,148 of them was named Blythe, which outranked 23.5% of the 14,294 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #9,894Zyland7
- #9,894Zymair7
- #9,894Zyquan7
- #10,938Blythe6
- #10,938Aaden6
- #10,938Aadyant6
- #10,938Aahaan6
- #12,349Aadarsh5
- #12,349Aadiv5
- #12,349Aadrik5
Tied with 1,410 names at #10,938; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.