Given name & surname
Blythe
“filled with happiness”·“one who is cheerful and carefree”
Blythe is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “filled with happiness” (English) and “one who is cheerful and carefree” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “filled with happiness” (English) and “one who is cheerful and carefree” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1897. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Blythe through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,441
- 273 boys · 5,168 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 181 babies
- 2025
- 102
- #2,052 for girls · #7,747 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −18%
- Easing
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 6% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 92 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,052 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 18.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 174 in 2013. It also appeared in 10 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (10). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,441 as a first name in 2020; 7,669 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Blythe’s family of names
Blythe has a related form in Blyth. Blythe has a related form in Bly. Blythe has a related form in Bligh.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Blythe
- Blythe DannerAmerican actress (born 1943)
- Blythe HartleyCanadian diverborn 1982
- Blythe AuffarthAmerican actressborn 1985
- Blythe Masterseconomistborn 1969
- Blythe Duffactressborn 1962
- Blythe LoutitNamibian conservationist (1940-2005)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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