Blythe is a girl's name of English origin meaning “cheerful.” In 2024 it was given to 107 girls in the United States.
Blythe belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “cheerful” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Blythe first appears in Social Security records in 1897. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1075 in 1974, and in 2024 107 babies received the name — 5,076 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Blythe means “cheerful” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Blythe is a girl name. In 2024, 107 babies received the name in the US.
Blythe comes from the English & American tradition.
Blythe first appears in US records in 1897. Its best-ever ranking was #1075 in 1974, and 107 babies were given the name in 2024.
Blythe is pronounced /blaɪð/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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