Is Blue a boy or girl name?

Blue is a unisex name. Of the 1,453 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 34.6% were girls and 65.4% were boys. It changed hands in 2015, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Blue

Recorded 1968–2025 · United States

Blue was most popular in 2021, when 89 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,819 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,188, with 78 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,453 people named Blue.

Blue over time

Births per year. The dot marks Blue’s peak in 2021. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Blue a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Blue is a unisex name — 34.6% of the 1,453 Americans given it were girls and 65.4% were boys. It changed hands: since 2015 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 42% girls and 58% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Blue

Where Blue is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org