Blythe
Girl · BLYTHE · English
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Blythe is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “cheerful, carefree”. In 2025 it ranked 1,690th for girls in the UK (18 babies) and 2,051st for girls in the US (92 babies).
What does Blythe mean?
English: from Old English blithe, also a surname
“cheerful, carefree”
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Is Blythe a girl's or a boy's name?
Blythe is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the UK and 92 girls and 10 boys in the US.
How popular is Blythe in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,690among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the UK were named Blythe, making it the 1,690th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,526th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 32 girls.
Half of all the girls named Blythe in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales and 539th in Scotland.
Blythe in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,690 |
| 2024 | 14 | #2,057 |
| 2023 | 26 | #1,322 |
| 2022 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2021 | 21 | #1,553 |
| 2020 | 21 | #1,526 |
| 2019 | 23 | #1,439 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,904 |
| 2017 | 32 | #1,150 |
| 2016 | 22 | #1,552 |
| 2015 | 25 | #1,389 |
| 2014 | 22 | #1,494 |
| 2013 | 30 | #1,218 |
| 2012 | 24 | #1,430 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2010 | 17 | #1,757 |
| 2009 | 23 | #1,360 |
| 2008 | 25 | #1,258 |
| 2007 | 21 | #1,374 |
| 2006 | 24 | #1,188 |
| 2005 | 27 | #1,022 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2003 | 23 | #1,087 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,475 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,832 |
| 2000 | 20 | #1,105 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,347 |
| 1998 | 24 | #981 |
| 1997 | 18 | #1,164 |
| 1996 | 17 | #1,179 |
How popular is Blythe in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,051among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 92about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 92 girls in the US were named Blythe, making it the 2,051st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,100th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 174 girls. It first appears in the records in 1897. 10 boys were also named Blythe in 2025 (7,675th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Blythe than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Blythe in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Blythe in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 92 | #2,051 |
| 2024 | 107 | #1,870 |
| 2023 | 108 | #1,850 |
| 2022 | 95 | #2,034 |
| 2021 | 97 | #1,991 |
| 2020 | 87 | #2,100 |
| 2019 | 141 | #1,528 |
| 2018 | 99 | #1,978 |
| 2017 | 117 | #1,779 |
| 2016 | 168 | #1,386 |
| 2015 | 153 | #1,493 |
| 2014 | 169 | #1,371 |
| 2013 | 174 | #1,338 |
| 2012 | 165 | #1,396 |
| 2011 | 106 | #1,886 |
| 2010 | 86 | #2,237 |
| 2009 | 87 | #2,244 |
| 2008 | 78 | #2,441 |
| 2007 | 64 | #2,822 |
| 2006 | 65 | #2,728 |
| 2005 | 79 | #2,277 |
| 2004 | 75 | #2,306 |
| 2003 | 72 | #2,318 |
| 2002 | 74 | #2,225 |
| 2001 | 66 | #2,375 |
| 2000 | 60 | #2,504 |
| 1999 | 56 | #2,524 |
| 1998 | 40 | #3,113 |
| 1997 | 57 | #2,325 |
| 1996 | 43 | #2,792 |
| 1995 | 46 | #2,645 |
| 1994 | 48 | #2,580 |
| 1993 | 41 | #2,877 |
| 1992 | 50 | #2,508 |
| 1991 | 58 | #2,236 |
| 1990 | 73 | #1,901 |
| 1989 | 51 | #2,299 |
| 1988 | 61 | #1,964 |
| 1987 | 72 | #1,677 |
| 1986 | 68 | #1,716 |
| 1985 | 84 | #1,472 |
| 1984 | 91 | #1,332 |
| 1983 | 66 | #1,665 |
| 1982 | 76 | #1,551 |
| 1981 | 70 | #1,641 |
| 1980 | 48 | #2,128 |
| 1979 | 58 | #1,832 |
| 1978 | 66 | #1,614 |
| 1977 | 59 | #1,736 |
| 1976 | 58 | #1,677 |
| 1975 | 66 | #1,527 |
| 1974 | 109 | #1,076 |
| 1973 | 55 | #1,647 |
| 1972 | 34 | #2,222 |
| 1971 | 28 | #2,599 |
| 1970 | 50 | #1,781 |
| 1969 | 23 | #2,768 |
| 1968 | 20 | #2,874 |
| 1967 | 25 | #2,432 |
| 1966 | 19 | #2,838 |
| 1965 | 26 | #2,344 |
| 1964 | 18 | #2,999 |
| 1963 | 27 | #2,305 |
| 1962 | 34 | #1,988 |
| 1961 | 24 | #2,473 |
| 1960 | 22 | #2,572 |
| 1959 | 23 | #2,394 |
| 1958 | 23 | #2,375 |
| 1957 | 24 | #2,275 |
| 1956 | 24 | #2,248 |
| 1955 | 16 | #2,838 |
| 1954 | 22 | #2,294 |
| 1953 | 22 | #2,235 |
| 1952 | 28 | #1,891 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,809 |
| 1950 | 22 | #2,052 |
| 1949 | 19 | #2,273 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,591 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,636 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,879 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,286 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,206 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,573 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,405 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,272 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,656 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,741 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,873 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 10 | #3,124 |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,956 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,450 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,878 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,525 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,977 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,658 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,384 |
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