Blu
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
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.
Blu for girls#6364 US
Blu is a new (nu?) spin on an increasingly popular color name, also spelled Blue and Bleu by celebrity parents. Blu is the spelling used for one of the (male) Waldrop quintuplets, but the name is gender neutral.
Pronounced BLOO.
As of October 2026, Blu ranked #2890 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #2656 in 2021.
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 | #3,802 | 28 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #4,013 | 26 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #3,931 | 26 | #4,368 | 31 |
| 2021 | #2,656 | 48 | #3,944 | 37 |
| 2022 | #3,012 | 41 | #3,897 | 38 |
| 2023 | #2,696 | 48 | #4,282 | 33 |
| 2024 | #3,790 | 29 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #2,890 | 43 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Blu on lists
Famous Blus
- BluBoy
stage name of Johnson Barnes, American rapper
- Sky BluBoy
stage name of Skyler Austen Gordy, American rapper of duo LMFAO
- Bear Blu Jarecki (b. 2011)Boy
son of actress Alicia Silverstone
- Blu Wellington Waldrop (b. 2017)Boy
son of Eric and Courtney Waldrop; one of the sextuplets featured on the TLC show “Sweet Home Sextuplets”
- Atlas Blu Klamer (b. 2016)Boy
son of singer Jonny Blu and actress Jacqueline Piñol
- Blu Cantrell (born Tiffany Cobb)Girl
American R&B singer,songwriter
- Bluma "Blu" GreenbergGirl
American historian and author
- Blu Leela Minsker (b. 2011)Girl
daughter of filmmaker Ethan Minsker
- EllaGirl
Blu Jeffery (b. 2004), daughter of actors Aaron Jeffery and Zoe Naylor
- Bella Blu Ray (b. 2008)Girl
daughter of bodybuilder Shawn Ray
Blu in pop culture
- BluBoy
blue macaw in animated movie "Rio"
- BluBoy
blue dog in Brazilian comic "Monica's Gang"
- Quadra BluGirl
character in Max Rep comics
- BluGirl
Ray, video disc format