Blue
Rank in 2025
#4661
recorded as girls
#2641
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
78
girls 29 · boys 49
Peak year
2024
51 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
1,453
since 1968
Born a Blue? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Blue was most popular in 2024, when 51 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.03 per 1,000). In 2025, 49 babies were named Blue, ranking #2641 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 34%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | 4661 | 49 | 2641 |
| 2024 | 32 | 4387 | 51 | 2595 |
| 2023 | 32 | 4363 | 42 | 2952 |
| 2022 | 37 | 3963 | 48 | 2717 |
| 2021 | 43 | 3553 | 46 | 2732 |
| 2020 | 32 | 4263 | 42 | 2846 |
| 2019 | 19 | 6176 | 35 | 3259 |
| 2018 | 23 | 5454 | 31 | 3524 |
| 2017 | 19 | 6287 | 29 | 3678 |
| 2016 | 16 | 7230 | 23 | 4327 |
| 2015 | 20 | 6236 | 32 | 3431 |
| 2014 | 20 | 6207 | 17 | 5252 |
| 2013 | 21 | 6017 | 20 | 4621 |
| 2012 | 10 | 10429 | 22 | 4390 |
| 2011 | 7 | 13347 | 11 | 7009 |
| 2010 | 8 | 12276 | 15 | 5741 |
| 2009 | 5 | 17294 | 11 | 7236 |
| 2008 | 9 | 11599 | 18 | 5067 |
| 2007 | 6 | 15491 | 14 | 5901 |
| 2006 | 8 | 12420 | 20 | 4520 |
| 2005 | 14 | 7891 | 16 | 5034 |
| 2004 | 7 | 12761 | 17 | 4793 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 16 | 4815 |
| 2002 | 6 | 13595 | 13 | 5395 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 12 | 5667 |
| 2000 | 10 | 9163 | 23 | 3536 |
| 1999 | 9 | 9479 | 11 | 5656 |
| 1998 | 12 | 7532 | 17 | 4019 |
| 1997 | 8 | 9802 | 13 | 4668 |
| 1996 | 7 | 10567 | 11 | 5187 |
| 1995 | 13 | 6641 | 14 | 4280 |
| 1994 | 6 | 11778 | 11 | 5109 |
| 1993 | 10 | 8052 | 8 | 6228 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 11 | 4872 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 9 | 5521 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 9 | 5165 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 5 | 6951 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 6 | 5561 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 7 | 5003 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 6 | 5468 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 7 | 4940 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 7 | 4842 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 14 | 2929 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 10 | 3606 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 8 | 4012 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 16 | 2540 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 15 | 2549 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 12 | 2857 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 11 | 2991 |
| 1971 | 5 | 8324 | 5 | 4907 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 10 | 3071 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 13 | 2415 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 11 | 2576 |
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Where Blue is most popular
- California4.5×
- Texas2.4×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 35% · boys 65% across all years