Blue is a girl's name of English origin meaning “shimmering, lustrous.” In 2024 it was given to 31 girls in the United States.
Blue belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “shimmering, lustrous” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Blue first appears in Social Security records in 1971. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #3555 in 2021, and in 2024 31 babies received the name — 473 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Blue means “shimmering, lustrous” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Blue is a girl name. In 2024, 31 babies received the name in the US.
Blue comes from the English & American tradition.
Blue first appears in US records in 1971. Its best-ever ranking was #3555 in 2021, and 31 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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