Blue
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
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.
Blue for girls#4676 US
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.
Blue for boys#2648 US
Among the coolest of the cool color names, particularly popular with celebs as a unisex middle name. While most famous as the name of Beyonce and Jay-Z's daughter Blue Ivy, more than 60 percent of the babies named Blue are boys.
Pronounced BLOO.
As of October 2026, Blue ranked #4676 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #3555 in 2021.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | #3,439 | 32 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | #4,339 | 23 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | #3,688 | 29 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | #3,717 | 29 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | #3,267 | 35 |
| 2020 | #4,278 | 32 | #2,851 | 42 |
| 2021 | #3,555 | 43 | #2,730 | 46 |
| 2022 | #3,979 | 37 | #2,720 | 48 |
| 2023 | #4,376 | 32 | #2,954 | 42 |
| 2024 | #4,476 | 31 | #2,594 | 51 |
| 2025 | #4,676 | 29 | #2,648 | 49 |
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Blue on lists
Famous Blues
- Blue BalliettGirl
American novelist
- Sophieblue "Blue" OllisGirl
YouTuber
- Dakota Blue RichardsGirl
English actress
- Adele (Laurie Blue Adkins)Girl
British singer,songwriter
- Blue Angel Evans (b. 1989)Girl
daughter of guitarist The Edge of U2
- Blue Reed Furstenfeld (b. 2009)Girl
daughter of singer Justin Furstenfeld f Blue October
- Blue Ivy Carter (b. 2012)Girl
daughter of singer Beyonce and rapper Jay Z
- Zoe Blue Sidel (b. 1995)Girl
daughter of actress Rosanna Arquette and John Sidel
- Nico Blue Hoon (b. 1995)Girl
daughter of singer Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon
- Jagger Joseph Blue Goldberg (b. 2008)Girl
daughter of actors Jason Goldberg and Soleil Moon Frye
- Clover Blue Fortus (b. 2008)Girl
daughter of musician Richard Fortus of Guns 'n' Roses
- Georgia Blue Nichols (b. 2014)Girl
daughter of singer Joe Nichols & Heather Singleton
- Gravity Blue Smith (b. 2017)Girl
daughter of models Lucky Blue Smith and Stormi Bree Henley
- Richard Allen "Blue" MitchellBoy
American jazz trumpeter
- Lucky Blue SmithBoy
American male model
- Elijah Blue Allman (b. 1976)Boy
son of Cher and Greg Allman
- Cody Blue Snider (b. 1989)Boy
son of singer Dee Snider of Twisted Sister
- Jackson Blue McDermott (b. 2001)Boy
son of actress Maria Bello
- London Blue Salas (b. 2005)Boy
son of Stacee Brown; grandson of singer Rebbie Jackson of The Jackson Family
- Mackenzie Blue Roche (b. 2006)Boy
son of actor Shane Richie
- Jai Blue Wallace (b. 2012)Boy
son of actress Daya Vivian Vaidya
- Sasha Blue Pownall (b. 2014)Boy
son of actress Gabriella Wilde and musician Alan Pownall
- Knox Blue Howey (b. 2015)Boy
son of actors Sarah Shahi and Steve Howey
- Cooper Blue Arrouet (b. 2015)Boy
son of entrepreneur Dylan Lauren; twin of sister Kingsley Rainbow
- River Rocket Blue Dallas Oliver (b. 2016)Boy
son of TV chefs Jamie and Jools Oliver
Blue in pop culture
- Blue SargentGirl
main character in Maggie Stiefvater's "The Raven Cycle"
- BlueGirl
blue dog on TV's "Blue's Clues"
- Blue McCallumGirl
character in Jill MacLean's novel "Nix Minus One"
- Eugenie Victoria "Bonnie Blue" ButlerGirl
daughter of Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone with the Wind"
- BluestarGirl
character in the "Warriors" book series by Erin Hunter
- Lagoona BlueGirl
daughter of a sea monster in "Monster High" show and series
- Blue / VickyGirl
character in "Monster Prom"
- Blue clothesBoy
mentioned in Ezekiel 27:24
- "The Blue Boy" (c. 1770)Boy
oil painting by Thomas Gainsborough
- "Little Boy BlueBoy
" nursery rhyme
- "Blue's CluesBoy
" Nickelodeon kids TV show
- BlueBoy
main bird character in animated film "Rio"
- Blue WinslowBoy
character in the movie "Smurfs 2"
- BlueBoy
the Beta Raptor in film "Jurassic World"
- Blue JonesBoy
character in film "Sucker Punch"
- BlueBoy
rival in Pokemon Red and Blue
- BlueBoy
main character in the third arc of Wings of Fire book series