NameTides

Bleu

Bleu was the #3,240 boys' name in the US in 2025 (36 babies), and #822 in England & Wales.

Bleu as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
Bleu as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, ScotlandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Bleu as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, ScotlandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesScotland
2025#3,240 (36)#822 (39)—
2024#3,104 (39)#857 (37)#727 (3)
2023#2,441 (55)#814 (40)#728 (3)
2022#2,325 (61)#731 (45)#522 (5)
2021#2,819 (44)#790 (41)—
2020#3,653 (29)#812 (38)—
2019#4,230 (24)#1,113 (24)—
2018#4,476 (22)#1,013 (28)#704 (3)
2017#8,840 (8)#1,097 (26)—
2016#9,664 (7)#1,363 (19)—
2015#7,066 (11)#1,673 (14)—
2014#7,048 (11)#2,248 (9)—
2013—#1,920 (11)—
2012—#1,367 (18)—
2011#12,287 (5)#2,039 (10)—

Bleu as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Bleu as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Bleu as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & Wales
2025#5,722 (21)#3,035 (8)
2024#6,394 (18)#3,319 (7)
2023#4,276 (33)#2,504 (10)
2022#3,827 (39)#2,889 (8)
2021#4,245 (33)#1,785 (16)
2020#5,314 (23)#1,618 (18)
2019#5,449 (23)#3,541 (6)
2018#9,151 (11)#2,090 (13)
2017#10,689 (9)#3,229 (7)
2016#16,215 (5)#2,757 (9)
2015#14,482 (6)—
2014#13,069 (7)#5,691 (3)
2013#16,547 (5)#4,050 (5)
2012—#4,171 (5)
2010#12,276 (8)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #2,325.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1979.
  • In 2025, 37% of US babies named Bleu were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 48,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 48,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 77,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 31,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Bleu is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 47,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 31,000 to 1 in 71,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.