Blu**
#5,383 most common boys' name of all time · #13,382 across all names · 61% male / 39% female · used 1970–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#5,383
Rank overall
#13,382 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
35 of 146
All-time
828
Since 2016
559
Peak year
2021 #2,675
Best rank
#2,675 2021
Girls
Boys
peak 86/yr
Blu first appears in 1970. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | 43 | 61 | #2,902 |
| 2024 | 25 | 31 | 56 | #3,645 |
| 2023 | 33 | 48 | 81 | #2,713 |
| 2022 | 39 | 41 | 80 | #3,024 |
| 2021 | 38 | 48 | 86 | #2,675 |
| 2020 | 31 | 26 | 57 | #3,954 |
| 2019 | 16 | 26 | 42 | #4,052 |
| 2018 | 16 | 28 | 44 | #3,831 |
| 2017 | 6 | 19 | 25 | #4,983 |
| 2016 | 12 | 15 | 27 | #5,874 |
| 2015 | 10 | 14 | 24 | #6,090 |
| 2014 | 10 | 12 | 22 | #6,753 |
| 2013 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,700 |
| 2012 | 10 | 7 | 17 | #9,937 |
| 2011 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #11,158 |
| 2010 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,943 |
| 2009 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #8,486 |
| 2008 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 2006 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #9,860 |
| 2005 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #11,886 |
| 2004 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #8,356 |
| 2003 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #8,093 |
| 2002 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 2001 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,581 |
| 2000 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #10,757 |
| 1993 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,176 |
| 1981 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,914 |
| 1980 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,296 |
| 1977 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,566 |
| 1975 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,265 |
| 1974 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,533 |
| 1973 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,844 |
| 1972 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,984 |
| 1971 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,636 |
| 1970 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,314 |