girls:
278 births since 2000
#5438 (5th percentile)
boys:
428 births since 1970
#4158 (9th percentile)
overall:
706 births since 1970
#7033 (9th percentile)
The name Blu is the #7,033 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 706 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 9.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 9.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,158 (9.3% percentile) for all time with 428 births since 1970. For girls, it ranks #5,438 (4.8% percentile) for all time with 278 births since 2000.
Blu first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (1970 for boys and 2000 for girls). Birth data for Blu is available in 33 out of the 54 years between 1970 and 2023 (31 years for boys and 20 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Blu has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (60.6% of all recorded births). In 2023, 58.8% of babies named Blu were boys.
For boys, Blu reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 4.6% percentile (ranked #887) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 26 births per million (ranked 4.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2011, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Blu is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #869 (4.6% percentile) with 26 births per million.
For girls, Blu reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 3.4% percentile (ranked #925) with 21 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 21 births per million (ranked 3.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2011, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Blu ranks #919 for girls (3.0% percentile) with 19 births per million, which is 89.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Blu".
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