Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Blue**

#3,834 most common boys' name of all time · #9,338 across all names · 65% male / 35% female · used 1968–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#3,834
Rank overall
#9,338 of 105,966
First appeared
1968
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
1,453
Since 2016
678
Peak year
2021 #2,754
Best rank
#2,544 1969
Girls Boys peak 89/yr
198020002020

Blue first appears in 1968. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 29 49 78 #2,656
2024 32 51 83 #2,613
2023 32 42 74 #2,970
2022 37 48 85 #2,730
2021 43 46 89 #2,754
2020 32 42 74 #2,855
2019 19 35 54 #3,287
2018 23 31 54 #3,557
2017 19 29 48 #3,709
2016 16 23 39 #4,369
2015 20 32 52 #3,454
2014 20 17 37 #5,325
2013 21 20 41 #4,682
2012 10 22 32 #4,433
2011 7 11 18 #7,131
2010 8 15 23 #5,840
2009 5 11 16 #7,352
2008 9 18 27 #5,119
2007 6 14 20 #6,003
2006 8 20 28 #4,582
2005 14 16 30 #5,125
2004 7 17 24 #4,860
2003 — 16 16 #4,896
2002 6 13 19 #5,507
2001 — 12 12 #5,785
2000 10 23 33 #3,580
1999 9 11 20 #5,788
1998 12 17 29 #4,096
1997 8 13 21 #4,774
1996 7 11 18 #5,329
1995 13 14 27 #4,385
1994 6 11 17 #5,252
1993 10 8 18 #6,440
1992 — 11 11 #5,039
1991 — 9 9 #5,695
1989 — 9 9 #5,368
1987 — 5 5 #7,429
1984 — 6 6 #5,960
1982 — 7 7 #5,336
1981 — 6 6 #5,881
1980 — 7 7 #5,266
1979 — 7 7 #5,138
1978 — 14 14 #3,041
1977 — 10 10 #3,771
1976 — 8 8 #4,294
1975 — 16 16 #2,622
1974 — 15 15 #2,654
1973 — 12 12 #2,993
1972 — 11 11 #3,136
1971 5 5 10 #5,453
1970 — 10 10 #3,272
1969 — 13 13 #2,544
1968 — 11 11 #2,734