How Many People Are Named Blythe?
people named Blythe are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 67,466 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,441 babies named Blythe in Social Security records from 1897 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
181 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which meant "cheerful" in Old English.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Blythe, 95.4% were girls and 4.6% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1940s: 89% of the babies were girls then and 93.6% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Blythe alive today is about 27 years old, and 60% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 42 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Blythe first appears in the records in 1897 and was given most often in 2013, to 181 babies. In 2025, 102 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1897 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Blythe has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,076, in 1974. In 2025 it ranked #2,052.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,052 |
| Best rank | #1,076 (1974) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,587 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Blythe alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Blythe were born in California than in any other state: about 493 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Blythe was given 3.5 times as often in South Carolina, 2.6 times in Louisiana and 2.5 times in North Carolina.
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