Unisex name · since 1979
Bleu
Bleu has 375 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,372 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,279 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 375
- born since 1979
- 2020s
- peak decade
Bleu currently ranks #3279 among unisex names in America, with 375 babies recorded since 1979.
Bleu has 375 recorded births among boys since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3279 as of the latest data, more common than 76% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #9,372 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,279 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 375 born since 1979
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bleu ranks #9,372 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,279 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 375 born since 1979, peaking in the 2020s.
- #9,372 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,279 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 375
- born since 1979
- 2020s
- peak decade
Bleu's 375 recorded births place it above 79.36% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Bleu compares
375 Top 50% higher than 50% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Bleu's all-time total is 2% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Bleu | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 375 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 61 | 34 | 22,252 |
Bleu's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Bleu's full recorded timeline at 2017, 85% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 15% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 61 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Bleu popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 61
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Bleu popularity over time - girls
267 total births recorded since 1989 (Bleu as girls' name)
Bleu by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (264 births, 70% of the file).
2020s was Bleu's strongest decade.
264 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Bleu births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 13
2000s
13 births
- 2010s 88
2010s
88 births
- 2020s
2020s
264 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 264 births (70% of all-time use).
Bleu by state
Where Bleu concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 42 | 11.2% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 12 | 3.2% |
| #3 | California | | 11 | 2.9% |
42 of 375 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Bleus (42 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bleu: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~46 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1979–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Bleu draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.