Unisex name · since 1970
Blu
505 babies named Blu in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,848 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,901 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 505
- born since 1970
- 2020s
- peak decade
505 babies have been named Blu since 1970, making it today's #2901 unisex name.
Blu has 505 recorded births among boys since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2901 as of the latest data, more common than 79% 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 1970 to 2025.
- #7,848 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,901 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 505 born since 1970
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Blu ranks #7,848 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,901 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 505 born since 1970, peaking in the 2020s.
- #7,848 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,901 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 505
- born since 1970
- 2020s
- peak decade
Blu's 505 recorded births place it above 82.73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Blu compares
505 Top 44% higher than 56% 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
Blu's all-time total is 37% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Blu | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 505 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 48 | 34 | 22,252 |
Blu's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Blu splits its recorded history at 2009: 77% of all births land in the more recent half, 23% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1970 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 48 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Blu popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 48
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Blu popularity over time - girls
323 total births recorded since 2000 (Blu as girls' name)
Blu by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (237 births, 47% of the file).
2020s was Blu's strongest decade.
237 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Blu births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 58
1970s
58 births
- 1980s 13
1980s
13 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 48
2000s
48 births
- 2010s
2010s
144 births
- 2020s
2020s
237 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 237 births (47% of all-time use).
How Blu compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Blu's total volume
Blu by state
Where Blu concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 38 | 7.5% |
| #2 | California | | 20 | 4.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 10 | 2.0% |
| #4 | Oklahoma | | 5 | 1.0% |
38 of 505 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Blu's data
- Texas records the most Blus (38 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Blu: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~55 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, 1970–2025 (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 Blu 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.