Blithe — girls' name
18 babies named Blithe in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Blithe was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Blithe in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Blithe
The Social Security Administration has registered 18 babies named Blithe between 2012 and 2015, spanning 4 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Blithe currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Blithe performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Blithe in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 18 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Blithe at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Blithe popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2012
- Peak year (2015)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 4 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
18 total births across 4 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 7 births in a single year.
Blithe by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 18 births that decade — 100% of Blithe's all-time total
Blithe decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Blithe's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2012–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.