Blue
Blue is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 51 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 510.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 202451 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1968
- 1,372people given the name
The story in the numbers
899 boys have been named Blue in the United States since 1968, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 51 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2010, and the 2010s alone account for 26%.
Blue is used for both sexes: 34% of its bearers are girls (473), most of them born around 2021.
By decade
In 2024, its biggest year
Blue was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.
Names that rose and fell with Blue
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Karimpeak 2023
- Sultanpeak 2024
- Marcelopeak 2024
- Reuvenpeak 2024
- Santanapeak 2020
- Joaopeak 2024
- Ezequielpeak 2024
- Sirpeak 2021
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.