How popular is the name Blythe?

Blythe ranks 2,082nd among girls' names in US records, with 5,357 births since 1897. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,179.

Is Blythe a unisex name?

No. Blythe is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2013, when 174 children were given the name. It has been in use for 128 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#2,082 of girl names

Pronounced B L AY1 DH (ARPABET)

Blythe is a girls' name, and first appears in 1897. It has been given to 5,357 children — the 2,082nd most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2013, when 174 children were given it.

2013Girls: 174Boys: 7

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Blythe?: Blythe ranks 2,082nd among girls' names in US records, with 5,357 births since 1897. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,179.
Is Blythe a unisex name?: No. Blythe is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Blythe most popular?: 2013, when 174 children were given the name. It has been in use for 128 years and is still recorded as of 2024.