NameTides

Blu

Blu was the #2,884 boys' name in the US in 2025 (43 babies), and #1,197 in England & Wales.

Blu as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Blu as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Blu as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#2,884 (43)#1,197 (24)—
2024#3,605 (31)#2,264 (10)—
2023#2,693 (48)#1,207 (23)—
2022#3,003 (41)#1,084 (26)#2,810 (5)
2021#2,652 (48)#1,184 (23)—
2020#3,918 (26)#993 (28)—
2019#4,003 (26)#798 (39)—
2018#3,793 (28)#1,158 (23)—
2017#4,935 (19)#1,289 (20)—
2016#5,789 (15)#1,234 (22)—
2015#5,999 (14)#1,380 (18)—
2014#6,632 (12)#1,486 (16)—
2013#7,537 (10)#1,404 (17)—
2012#9,709 (7)#1,962 (11)—
2011#10,808 (6)#2,613 (7)—

Blu as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
Blu as a girl’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.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Blu as a girl’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.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotland
2025#6,325 (18)#4,201 (5)—
2024#5,148 (25)#4,844 (4)—
2023#4,276 (33)#4,057 (5)—
2022#3,827 (39)#3,534 (6)—
2021#3,883 (38)#3,192 (7)#792 (3)
2020#4,358 (31)#4,535 (4)—
2019#7,025 (16)#3,151 (7)—
2018#7,100 (16)#3,518 (6)—
2017#14,124 (6)#3,229 (7)—
2016#8,875 (12)#2,757 (9)—
2015#10,148 (10)#3,615 (6)—
2014#10,129 (10)#5,691 (3)—
2013—#5,742 (3)—
2012#10,429 (10)#5,876 (3)—
2011#14,824 (6)#5,785 (3)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #2,693.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1970.
  • In 2025, 30% of US babies named Blu were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 40,000 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 40,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare
USGirls2025about 1 in 91,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 50,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Blu is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 47,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 32,000 to 1 in 68,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Blu by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,285TXFlorida: #1,831FL
Blu (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BluCanadaBoys—too few
BluEngland & WalesGirls#4,2015
BluEngland & WalesBoys#1,19724
BluNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
BluScotlandGirls—too few
BluUSGirls#6,32518
BluUSBoys#2,88443