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How popular is “Blythe” in the USA?

Number of people named “Blythe” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Blythe” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Blythe” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Blythe” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Blythe” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Blythe” by birth year

This chart shows how “Blythe” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1897 6 0.000017293 6 100%
1904 6 0.00001487 6 100%
1912 5 0.00000506 5 100%
1915 16 0.000008732 11 5 38%
1917 15 0.000007475 10 5 33%
1918 12 0.000005527 7 5 17%
1919 8 0.000003791 8 100%
1921 6 0.00000257 6 100%
1922 16 0.000006989 11 5 38%
1923 10 0.000004343 10 100%
1924 6 0.000002519 6 100%
1926 6 0.000002613 6 100%
1927 7 0.000003018 7 100%
1928 12 0.000005308 7 5 17%
1929 5 0.000002281 5 100%
1930 7 0.000003148 7 100%
1931 5 0.000002376 5 100%
1932 8 0.000003789 8 100%
1933 7 0.000003501 7 100%
1935 11 0.000005263 11 100%
1940 8 0.000003474 8 100%
1941 13 0.000005336 6 7 -8%
1942 5 0.00000183 5 100%
1944 15 0.000005576 15 100%
1945 13 0.0000049 8 5 23%
1946 12 0.000003756 12 100%
1947 15 0.000004164 15 100%
1948 9 0.000002607 9 100%
1949 19 0.000005452 19 100%
1950 22 0.00000628 22 100%
1951 19 0.000005158 14 5 47%
1952 28 0.000007372 28 100%
1953 22 0.000005709 22 100%
1954 22 0.000005527 22 100%
1955 16 0.000003985 16 100%
1956 29 0.000007034 24 5 66%
1957 24 0.000005711 24 100%
1958 23 0.000005564 23 100%
1959 23 0.000005532 23 100%
1960 22 0.000005296 22 100%
1961 24 0.000005794 24 100%
1962 34 0.000008425 34 100%
1963 32 0.000008084 27 5 69%
1964 18 0.00000463 18 100%
1965 26 0.000007172 26 100%
1966 19 0.000005467 19 100%
1967 25 0.000007364 25 100%
1968 20 0.00000592 20 100%
1969 23 0.000006618 23 100%
1970 50 0.000013864 50 100%
1971 28 0.000008158 28 100%
1972 34 0.000010818 34 100%
1973 55 0.000018231 55 100%
1974 109 0.000035855 109 100%
1975 66 0.000021859 66 100%
1976 58 0.000019115 58 100%
1977 59 0.000018574 59 100%
1978 66 0.000020795 66 100%
1979 63 0.000018936 58 5 84%
1980 48 0.000013935 48 100%
1981 70 0.000020235 70 100%
1982 76 0.000021665 76 100%
1983 66 0.000019057 66 100%
1984 91 0.000026084 91 100%
1985 84 0.000023535 84 100%
1986 68 0.000019117 68 100%
1987 72 0.000019969 72 100%
1988 61 0.000016509 61 100%
1989 51 0.000013266 51 100%
1990 78 0.000019734 73 5 87%
1991 64 0.00001643 58 6 81%
1992 50 0.000013017 50 100%
1993 46 0.000012201 41 5 78%
1994 53 0.000014256 48 5 81%
1995 53 0.000014472 46 7 74%
1996 43 0.00001179 43 100%
1997 64 0.000017652 57 7 78%
1998 47 0.000012778 40 7 70%
1999 61 0.000016514 56 5 84%
2000 71 0.000018784 60 11 69%
2001 66 0.000017631 66 100%
2002 83 0.000022203 74 9 78%
2003 78 0.000020514 72 6 85%
2004 82 0.000021461 75 7 83%
2005 87 0.000022628 79 8 82%
2006 73 0.000018452 65 8 78%
2007 70 0.00001751 64 6 83%
2008 78 0.000019844 78 100%
2009 96 0.00002513 87 9 81%
2010 91 0.000024623 86 5 89%
2011 111 0.000030346 106 5 91%
2012 173 0.000047302 165 8 91%
2013 181 0.000049648 174 7 92%
2014 178 0.000048025 169 9 90%
2015 159 0.000042962 153 6 92%
2016 174 0.000047428 168 6 93%
2017 124 0.000034674 117 7 89%
2018 105 0.000029864 99 6 89%
2019 147 0.000042352 141 6 92%
2020 97 0.000029037 87 10 79%
2021 105 0.000030992 97 8 85%
2022 101 0.000029854 95 6 88%
2023 108 0.000032617 108 100%
2024 113 0.000033949 107 6 89%

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