Blythe
Blythe is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 107 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1070.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 2013174 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1897
- 5,339people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,076 girls have been named Blythe in the United States since 1897, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2013, with 174 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2000, and the 2010s alone account for 27%.
It is overwhelmingly a girl’s name: 263 boys have also been given it, 4.9% of the total.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Blythe | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | |
| 1900s | 6 | |
| 1910s | 41 | |
| 1920s | 58 | |
| 1930s | 38 | |
| 1940s | 97 | |
| 1950s | 218 | |
| 1960s | 238 | |
| 1970s | 583 | |
| 1980s | 687 | |
| 1990s | 512 | |
| 2000s | 720 | |
| 2010s | 1,378 | |
| 2020s | 494 |
In 2013, its biggest year
Blythe was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2013 were Sophia, Emma, Olivia, Isabella and Ava. See all of 2013.
Names that rose and fell with Blythe
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Tirzahpeak 2017
- Chanapeak 2024
- Karmenpeak 2008
- Julypeak 2020
- Erinapeak 2022
- Simapeak 2024
- Roslynnpeak 2014
- Avivapeak 2021
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.