Blue
About Blue
Blue suddenly came into the spotlight, as the unusual color name chosen by Beyonce and Jay-Z for their baby girl Blue Ivy. Blue is also a starbaby middle name du jour, used for both sexes in different spellings and forms, from John Travolta and Kelly Preston's Ella Bleu to Alicia Silverstone's Bear Blu. Dave 'The Edge' Evans named his daughter Blue Angel back in 1989.
Despite all these high profile female references, less than 40 percent of the babies name Blue today are girls. Blue is the heroine of the Marisha Pessl novel Special Topics in Calamity Physics.
Pronounced BLOO.
As of October 2026, Blue ranked #4676 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #3555 in 2021, Nameberry popularity #904.
Editor's take: The name Blue is a girl's name of English origin.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | #4,278 | 32 | 19.8 |
| 2021 | #3,555 | 43 | 26.2 |
| 2022 | #3,979 | 37 | 22.6 |
| 2023 | #4,376 | 32 | 19.9 |
| 2024 | #4,476 | 31 | 19.1 |
| 2025 | #4,676 | 29 | 18 |
World rankings
Similar names
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- Ocean
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- Pixie
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- Storm
- Bloom
- Sparrow
- Blossom
- Star
Blue on lists
Famous Blues
- Blue Balliett
American novelist
- Sophieblue "Blue" Ollis
YouTuber
- Dakota Blue Richards
English actress
- Adele (Laurie Blue Adkins)
British singer,songwriter
- Blue Angel Evans (b. 1989)
daughter of guitarist The Edge of U2
- Blue Reed Furstenfeld (b. 2009)
daughter of singer Justin Furstenfeld f Blue October
- Blue Ivy Carter (b. 2012)
daughter of singer Beyonce and rapper Jay Z
- Zoe Blue Sidel (b. 1995)
daughter of actress Rosanna Arquette and John Sidel
- Nico Blue Hoon (b. 1995)
daughter of singer Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon
- Jagger Joseph Blue Goldberg (b. 2008)
daughter of actors Jason Goldberg and Soleil Moon Frye
- Clover Blue Fortus (b. 2008)
daughter of musician Richard Fortus of Guns 'n' Roses
- Georgia Blue Nichols (b. 2014)
daughter of singer Joe Nichols & Heather Singleton
- Gravity Blue Smith (b. 2017)
daughter of models Lucky Blue Smith and Stormi Bree Henley
Blue in pop culture
- Blue Sargent
main character in Maggie Stiefvater's "The Raven Cycle"
- Blue
blue dog on TV's "Blue's Clues"
- Blue McCallum
character in Jill MacLean's novel "Nix Minus One"
- Eugenie Victoria "Bonnie Blue" Butler
daughter of Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone with the Wind"
- Bluestar
character in the "Warriors" book series by Erin Hunter
- Lagoona Blue
daughter of a sea monster in "Monster High" show and series
- Blue / Vicky
character in "Monster Prom"