Blu
#2,889 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Blu has been given to 828 babies in the U.S. since 1970. In 2025 it ranked #2,889 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 48 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 61% boys, 39% girls all-time.
Babies named Blu, 2025
1 in 77,100
Blu over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Blu over time
In 2025, Blu went to 30% girls and 70% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Blu?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 77,100
- 43 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 39,700
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #2,889
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 53,441 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Blu sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 53,441 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Blu. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Blus were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Blu was born before 2019 — so the typical Blu is around 6 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2020s
- 46.9% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 84.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 505
- People you could plausibly meet
2020s — 46.9% of all recorded uses (237).
Is Blu rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- +731
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +1,041
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +3,147
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 3.07×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 89.6%
- Peak was 2021 (48)
- Years since peak
- 4
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 25.7% average annual change
Where Blu is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Blu was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 536,003 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Florida1 in —
- 3Oklahoma1 in —
- 4Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Blu has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Blu is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Blu was most concentrated in Arizona — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,305,323 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Arizona1 in —
- 2California1 in —
- 3Florida1 in —
- 4Missouri1 in —
- 5Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Blu has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Blu around the world
Where Blu ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales1996–2025#1,197in 2025
- Canada2022–2022#2,147in 2022
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Blu by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Blu
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Blu
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.