Unisex name · since 1914
Blair
Since 1914, U.S. Social Security records show 23,267 babies named Blair, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #962 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #169 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 23,267
- born since 1914
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Blair is the #169 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 23,267 recorded since 1914.
Blair has 23,267 recorded births among girls since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #169 as of the latest data, more common than 99.0% of girls, 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 1914 to 2025.
- #962 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #169 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 23,267 born since 1914
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Blair ranks #962 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #169 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 23,267 born since 1914, peaking in the 2020s.
- #962 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #169 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 23,267
- born since 1914
- 2020s
- peak decade
Blair's 23,267 recorded births place it above 98.67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
48 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Blair compares
23,267 Top 6% higher than 94% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Blair's all-time total is 62x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Blair | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 23,267 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,806 | 21 | 19,840 |
Blair's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Blair's full recorded timeline at 1979, 95% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 5% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1915, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 1,806 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Blair popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 1,806
- Annual births at peak, across 112 years of records
Blair popularity over time - boys
15,009 total births recorded since 1881 (Blair as boys' name)
Blair by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (7,557 births, 32% of the file).
2020s was Blair's strongest decade.
7,557 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Blair births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 17
1910s
17 births
- 1920s 13
1920s
13 births
- 1930s 18
1930s
18 births
- 1940s 82
1940s
82 births
- 1950s 249
1950s
249 births
- 1960s 369
1960s
369 births
- 1970s 414
1970s
414 births
- 1980s
1980s
4,406 births
- 1990s
1990s
3,562 births
- 2000s 1,771
2000s
1,771 births
- 2010s
2010s
4,809 births
- 2020s
2020s
7,557 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 7,557 births (32% of all-time use).
How Blair compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Blair's total volume
Blair by state
Where Blair concentrates geographically, total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 2,188 | 9.4% |
| #2 | California | | 1,687 | 7.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 939 | 4.0% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 912 | 3.9% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 863 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 860 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 848 | 3.6% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 823 | 3.5% |
2,188 of 23,267 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 48 reporting states.
Blair appears in 48 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Blair's data
- Texas records the most Blairs (2,188 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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Similar record span (~111 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, 1914–2025 (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 Blair 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.