Bleu
37% girls · 63% boys
About Bleu
The Frenchified color name Bleu is notable in baby-naming history as the then-outrageous middle name of John Travolta and Kelly Preston's daughter Ella, born in 2000. Perhaps because blue is traditionally a color for boys, there are twice as many baby boys named Bleu as there are girls
Bleu for girls#5751 US
The middle name of the Travoltas' Ella is used twice as often -- 36 to 18 babies in the US last year -- for boys as for girls, leaning even more to the male side than the traditional Blue.
Pronounced BLOO.
As of October 2026, Bleu ranked #3253 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #2326 in 2022.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #4,491 | 22 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #4,238 | 24 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #3,659 | 29 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #2,826 | 44 | #4,257 | 33 |
| 2022 | #2,326 | 61 | #3,836 | 39 |
| 2023 | #2,440 | 55 | #4,281 | 33 |
| 2024 | #3,099 | 39 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #3,253 | 36 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Bleu for boys
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Famous Bleus
- BleuBoy
stage name of William James McAuley III, American singer,songwriter
- Corbin BleuBoy
American actor and singer
- Ella Bleu Travolta (b. 2000)Girl
daughter of actors John Travolta and Kelly Preston
- Jorja Bleu Michaels (b. 2005)Girl
daughter of singer Bret Michaels