Blythe

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Blythe: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Blythe: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #638, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
32times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#638highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1222
1997	#1287
1998	#1165
1999	#1473
2000	#1139
2001	#1728
2002	#1530
2003	#1383
2004	#1535
2005	#990
2006	#1435
2007	#1384
2008	#1584
2009	#1411
2010	#1901
2011	#1545
2012	#1720
2013	#1360
2014	#1628
2015	#1497
2016	#1635
2017	#1330
2018	#2090
2019	#1634
2020	#1846
2021	#1692
2022	#2488
2023	#1640
2024	#2574

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #638 among girls in Scotland, #2574 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1222 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2574 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Blythe appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 483 births with the name.

Blythe across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Blythe's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1222 (1996)	#990 (2005)	#2574 (2024)	29 of 29	483 (1996–2024)	26 (2005)
England and Wales · Boys	#4805 (2012)	#4702 (2019)	#4702 (2019)	2 of 8	6 (2012–2019)	3 (2012)

Blythe by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Blythe in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	58	4 of 10	15
2000s	167	10 of 10	17
2010sbusiest	188	10 of 10	19
2020s	70	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 19 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Blythe appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #638 in Scotland in 2024.

Blythe's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2574	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1640	18	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2488	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1692	17	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1846	15	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1634	18	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1330	25	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1635	19	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1497	21	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1628	18	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1360	24	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1720	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1545	19	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1901	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1411	20	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1584	17	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1384	19	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1435	17	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#990	26	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1535	14	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1383	15	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1530	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1728	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1139	17	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1473	12	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1165	17	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1287	14	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1222	15	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#638	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #638, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 26 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Clover · #638, 27y
Ginny · #638, 25y
Nya · #638, 27y
Romey · #638, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Bilaal · #638, 28y
Clover · #638, 27y
Corah · #638, 16y
Darby · #638, 28y

Blythe was ranked #638 in Scotland · Girls in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Blythe and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Blythe without appearing here.

Blythe moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2090 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1634 and #5591.
Denise Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1720 and #1720 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1360 and #4739.
Karen Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1846 and #1773 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1692 and #3192.
Shauna Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1720 and #1525 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1360 and #2649.

Moved ahead of Blythe

Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1692 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2488 and #1452.
Marilyn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1640 and #2063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2574 and #1541.
Clodagh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1330 and #1681 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2090 and #1170.
Ezra Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1330 and #1411 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2090 and #1234.

Moved the opposite way to Blythe

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Blythe went from #1222 to #2574 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Blythe went from #1222 to #2574 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Blythe went from #1222 to #2574 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Blythe went from #1222 to #2574 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Blythe

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Blythe went from #1222 to #2574 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Blythe went from #1222 to #2574 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Blythe went from #1222 to #2574 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Blythe went from #1222 to #2574 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #638 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Blythe

Blythe at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Blythe across 2 official records

Blythe by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Popularity data

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Blythe at a glance

Blythe across 2 official records

Blythe by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Blythe

Blythe and the names beside it

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