Given name & surname
Blue
“a woman with bright-blue eyes”
Blue is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “a woman with bright-blue eyes.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “a woman with bright-blue eyes.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Blue through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,453
- 950 boys · 503 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 89 babies
- 2025
- 78
- #2,648 for boys · #4,676 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +52%
- Rising fast
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 58% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 49 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,648 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 47.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 29 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, California and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (10 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,055 as a first name in 2020; 24,162 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Blue’s family of names
Blue has a related form in Blu. In English usage, Blue as a surname has a related form in BLEW.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Blue
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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