girls:
442 births since 1971
#5274 (8th percentile)
boys:
847 births since 1968
#3740 (18th percentile)
overall:
1.3k births since 1968
#6453 (17th percentile)
The name Blue is the #6,453 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,289 recorded births since 1968. This represents the 16.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 16.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,740 (18.4% percentile) for all time with 847 births since 1968. For girls, it ranks #5,274 (7.7% percentile) for all time with 442 births since 1971.
Blue first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1968 (1968 for boys and 1971 for girls). Birth data for Blue is available in 51 out of the 56 years between 1968 and 2023 (51 years for boys and 30 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 Blue has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (65.7% of all recorded births). In 2023, 56.2% of babies named Blue were boys.
For boys, Blue reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 4.7% percentile (ranked #881) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 26 births per million (ranked 4.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2011, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Blue ranks #875 for boys (4.0% percentile) with 22 births per million, which is 87.4% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Blue reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 4.1% percentile (ranked #898) with 24 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 24 births per million (ranked 4.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2011, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Blue ranks #920 for girls (2.9% percentile) with 18 births per million, which is 76.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Blue".
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