# Blythe (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/blythe/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “merry” |
| Pronunciation | /blaɪð/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,441 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 273 / 5,168 (95% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 502, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

English surname, from Old English blīþe (“merry”). Many senses are derived from placenames, such as the River Blythe, all from the Old English adjective.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 106 | 1,888 |
| 2012 | 165 | 1,397 |
| 2013 | 174 | 1,338 |
| 2014 | 169 | 1,371 |
| 2015 | 153 | 1,495 |
| 2016 | 168 | 1,387 |
| 2017 | 117 | 1,781 |
| 2018 | 99 | 1,980 |
| 2019 | 141 | 1,531 |
| 2020 | 87 | 2,103 |
| 2021 | 97 | 1,994 |
| 2022 | 95 | 2,038 |
| 2023 | 108 | 1,855 |
| 2024 | 107 | 1,873 |
| 2025 | 92 | 2,052 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | 12,473 |
| 2011 | 5 | 12,524 |
| 2012 | 8 | 8,967 |
| 2013 | 7 | 9,769 |
| 2014 | 9 | 8,228 |
| 2015 | 6 | 10,845 |
| 2016 | 6 | 10,926 |
| 2017 | 7 | 9,827 |
| 2018 | 6 | 10,960 |
| 2019 | 6 | 10,974 |
| 2020 | 10 | 7,591 |
| 2021 | 8 | 8,944 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11,060 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11,134 |
| 2025 | 10 | 7,747 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 1,545 |
| 2012 | 17 | 1,720 |
| 2013 | 24 | 1,360 |
| 2014 | 18 | 1,628 |
| 2015 | 21 | 1,497 |
| 2016 | 19 | 1,635 |
| 2017 | 25 | 1,330 |
| 2018 | 13 | 2,090 |
| 2019 | 18 | 1,634 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,846 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,692 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,488 |
| 2023 | 18 | 1,640 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,574 |
| 2025 | 13 | 2,138 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 布萊思 /布莱思, 布萊丝, 布萊斯 /布莱斯

## People named Blythe

- Blythe Danner, American actress (born 1943)
- Blythe Hartley, Canadian diver
- Blythe Auffarth, American actress
- Blythe Masters, economist
- Andrea Brillantes, Filipino actress (born 2003)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.