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Blue

#2,648 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Literal meaning not recorded; English origin

Blue has been given to 1,453 babies in the U.S. since 1968. In 2025 it ranked #2,648 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 51 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 65% boys, 35% girls all-time.

Babies named Blue, 2025

1 in 67,700

Blue over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Blue over time

In 2025, Blue went to 37% girls and 63% boys.

19682025

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.

Blue: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded; English origin

English

What Blue means

Blue is a given name.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From the German surname, Americanized from Blau or its French cognate bleu.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Blue (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Blue is used in English. Its origins include English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 950 boys were recorded with the name Blue between 1968 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 51 in 2024; its best national rank was #2,428 in 1969.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,851 in 2020 to #2,648 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,440 in 2015 to #2,648 in 2025.

In the United States, 503 girls were recorded with the name Blue between 1971 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 43 in 2021; its best national rank was #3,555 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,278 in 2020 to #4,675 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #6,276 in 2015 to #4,675 in 2025.

How common is Blue?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 67,700
49 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 34,900
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,648
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
46,897 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Blue sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 46,897 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Blue. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Blues were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Blue was born before 2012 — so the typical Blue is around 13 today.

Median birth year
2012
About 13 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
29.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
68.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
950
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 29.3% of all recorded uses (278).

Is Blue 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
−46
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+203
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+792
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.53×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
96.1%
Peak was 2024 (51)
Years since peak
1
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
27.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,428
1969

Spellings of Blue

Blue is not the most common spelling — Bruce is, with 32.2% against Blue's 0.08%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Blue is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Blue was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 204,183 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 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. Blue has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Blue is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Blue was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 641,959 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Georgia1 in —
  4. 4New York1 in —
  5. 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. Blue has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Blue around the world

Where Blue 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 & Wales
    1996–2025
    #1,538
    in 2025
  • France
    1999–2023
    #4,233
    in 2023
  • Canada
    1996–2022
    #2,335
    in 2022
  • South Australia
    1978–1998
    #534
    in 1998

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Blue by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,648
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 203
Best rank ever
#2,428
1969
Peak year
2024
51 that year
First recorded
1968
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
950
Count in 2025
49

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,675
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 397
Best rank ever
#3,555
2021
Peak year
2021
43 that year
First recorded
1971
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
503
Count in 2025
29

Names similar to Blue

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

BluLueBluford

Sibling names for Blue

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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