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Blu
OriginEnglish
Meaning"blue"
About Blu
Blu is a new (nu?) spelling of an increasingly popular color name, also spelled Blue and Bleu. Blu is the spelling used for one of the Waldrop sextuplets.
Pronounced BLOO.
As of October 2026, Blu ranked #2890 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #2656 in 2021.
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | #3,802 | 28 | 15.4 |
| 2019 | #4,013 | 26 | 14.5 |
| 2020 | #3,931 | 26 | 15.1 |
| 2021 | #2,656 | 48 | 27.4 |
| 2022 | #3,012 | 41 | 23.5 |
| 2023 | #2,696 | 48 | 28.1 |
| 2024 | #3,790 | 29 | 16.8 |
| 2025 | #2,890 | 43 | 25.2 |
World rankings
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Blu on lists
Famous Blus
- Blu
stage name of Johnson Barnes, American rapper
- Sky Blu
stage name of Skyler Austen Gordy, American rapper of duo LMFAO
- Bear Blu Jarecki (b. 2011)
son of actress Alicia Silverstone
- Blu Wellington Waldrop (b. 2017)
son of Eric and Courtney Waldrop; one of the sextuplets featured on the TLC show “Sweet Home Sextuplets”
- Atlas Blu Klamer (b. 2016)
son of singer Jonny Blu and actress Jacqueline Piñol
Blu in pop culture
- Blu
blue macaw in animated movie "Rio"
- Blu
blue dog in Brazilian comic "Monica's Gang"
Blu in blog posts
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