How rare is the name Blythe?

4,441 people in the United States have the first name Blythe, about 1 in 68,010. It ranks #4,280 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BLYTHE

#4,280

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,441
About
1 in 68,010
This common or more
83.8%
Who bears it

Of the 4,441 people named Blythe, 81.8% reported their origin as White, 5.3% as Black and 5.1% as two or more races. 94.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Blythe peaked in 2013, when 181 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18972025
Peak year
2013
Births that year
181
In 2025*
102 ▼44%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 5,441 babies have been given the name since 1897. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Blythe by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #2,671. The largest share of babies named Blythe, 31.1%, were born in 2013 or later.

1890s#3,7106
1900s#4,6306
1910s#5,53056
1920s#6,57968
1930s#7,25238
1940s#4,821109
1950s#3,675228
1960s#3,919243
1970s#2,671588
1980s#2,782687
1990s#3,964559
2000s#3,958784
2010s#2,7601,443
2020s#3,468626
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–272.1%
Silent Generation 1928–452%
Baby boom 1946–647.6%
Generation X 1965–8013.8%
Millennials 1981–9618.9%
Generation Z 1997–1224.5%
2013 and later31.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Blythe is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Blythe has been most common in South Carolina (3×), Texas (2.9×), and California (2.7×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.4×).

1,904 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Blythe

#4,278 Finnley · 4,443#4,279 Jammie · 4,442#4,281 Hakeem · 4,440#4,281 Laylah · 4,440

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Blythe, most common first.

#47,034 Blyth · 140

Also a last name

As a last name, Blythe ranks #4,490 of 156,621, with 7,669 people. See Blythe as a last name

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