Blue

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Blue: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Blue: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #1,055 in 2021, and it stood at #1,076 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
48times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1055highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3174
1998	#3848
1999	#2444
2000	#3247
2002	#2540
2008	#4524
2011	#5785
2013	#4739
2014	#1966
2015	#1961
2016	#3214
2017	#2706
2018	#1887
2019	#2643
2020	#2449
2021	#2201
2022	#2325
2023	#2346
2024	#2574

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2020 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1055 among boys in England and Wales, in 2021 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2574 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Blue appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 466 births with the name.

Blue across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Blue's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2020 (1996)	#1055 (2021)	#1076 (2024)	29 of 29	466 (1996–2024)	27 (2021)
England and Wales · Girls	#3174 (1997)	#1887 (2018)	#2574 (2024)	19 of 28	156 (1997–2024)	15 (2018)

Blue by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Blue in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	38	4 of 10	10
2000s	111	10 of 10	11
2010s	193	10 of 10	19
2020sbusiest	124	5 of 10	25

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 25 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Blue appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1055 in England and Wales in 2021.

Blue's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2574	10	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#1076	27	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2346	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1108	26	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2325	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1179	23	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1055	27	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2449	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1230	21	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2643	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1369	18	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1887	15	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1061	26	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2706	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1210	22	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1498	17	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1961	14	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1586	15	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1966	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1061	26	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1294	19	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1589	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1124	23	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1801	12	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1494	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1343	17	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1506	14	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1643	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1991	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1410	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1190	13	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1286	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1082	13	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1367	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1174	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,055, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 27 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Blu · #798, 28y
Bluebell · #836, 24y
Bluebelle · #1313, 20y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Kushal · #1055, 24y
Naimah · #1056, 29y
Zinedine · #1053, 26y
Alycia · #1058, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Govind · #1055, 22y
Kitt · #1055, 21y
Kushal · #1055, 24y
Naimah · #1056, 29y

Blue and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Blue without appearing here.

Blue moved ahead of

Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4739 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1887 and #5666.
Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #5785 and #4049 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1966 and #5691.
Therese Compare
In 2013 they stood at #5785 and #3549 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1966 and #5691.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2201 and #5581.

Moved ahead of Blue

Frida Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2540 and #3409 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #4524 and #1247.
Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3247 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2540 and #938.
Kasper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1410 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #2578 and #1347.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2201 and #1286.

Moved the opposite way to Blue

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Blue went from #2020 to #1076 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Blue went from #2020 to #1076 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Blue went from #2020 to #1076 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Blue went from #2020 to #1076 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Blue

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Blue went from #2020 to #1076 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Blue went from #2020 to #1076 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Blue went from #2020 to #1076 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Blue went from #2020 to #1076 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1055 in England and Wales in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Blue

Blue at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Blue across 2 official records

Blue by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Blue appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Blue and the names beside it

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Blue at a glance

Blue across 2 official records

Blue by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Blue appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Blue and the names beside it

Blue moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Blue

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