Blair
Blair was given to 1,806 girls in 2025, #169 among girls’ names; 38,276 Americans have been recorded with it since 1881 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 33,700 Americans named Blair and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (88% of everyone recorded); the median is 29 years old and half are between 7 and 43.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Blair by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Blair mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Blair is “a female given name.” Its etymology gives the sense “field, plain” (blàr).
From Scottish Gaelic blàr (“field, plain”).
/bleɹ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Blair?
#169 among girls’ names, 2025
Blair rose from #606 in 2015 to #169 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.27 to 1.1 per 1,000.
1,876 babies in 2025, the peak
Blair peaked in 2025, when 1,876 babies were given it (1,806 girls, #169 among girls’ names). In 2024 it went to 1,415 girls.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,806 | #169 | 70 | #2,094 |
| 2024 | 1,415 | #218 | 67 | #2,171 |
| 2023 | 1,264 | #242 | 86 | #1,851 |
| 2022 | 1,122 | #283 | 81 | #1,917 |
| 2021 | 1,025 | #316 | 60 | #2,302 |
| 2020 | 925 | #335 | 49 | #2,588 |
| 2019 | 771 | #402 | 66 | #2,149 |
| 2018 | 729 | #433 | 55 | #2,391 |
| 2017 | 614 | #511 | 75 | #1,921 |
| 2016 | 597 | #521 | 84 | #1,799 |
Every recorded year (139)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 484 | #606 | 70 | #2,036 |
| 2014 | 440 | #649 | 73 | #1,960 |
| 2013 | 383 | #720 | 59 | #2,209 |
| 2012 | 305 | #874 | 64 | #2,104 |
| 2011 | 262 | #979 | 75 | #1,868 |
| 2010 | 224 | #1,105 | 70 | #1,975 |
| 2009 | 230 | #1,107 | 48 | #2,589 |
| 2008 | 194 | #1,281 | 70 | #2,005 |
| 2007 | 187 | #1,303 | 58 | #2,259 |
| 2006 | 157 | #1,436 | 93 | #1,575 |
| 2005 | 164 | #1,335 | 44 | #2,527 |
| 2004 | 153 | #1,369 | 85 | #1,554 |
| 2003 | 148 | #1,365 | 68 | #1,763 |
| 2002 | 166 | #1,212 | 70 | #1,680 |
| 2001 | 154 | #1,277 | 87 | #1,427 |
| 2000 | 218 | #970 | 108 | #1,233 |
| 1999 | 241 | #886 | 91 | #1,317 |
| 1998 | 257 | #827 | 128 | #1,047 |
| 1997 | 304 | #705 | 115 | #1,095 |
| 1996 | 334 | #666 | 118 | #1,035 |
| 1995 | 338 | #641 | 137 | #946 |
| 1994 | 332 | #648 | 161 | #843 |
| 1993 | 360 | #627 | 185 | #768 |
| 1992 | 457 | #520 | 252 | #649 |
| 1991 | 438 | #532 | 267 | #622 |
| 1990 | 501 | #484 | 304 | #579 |
| 1989 | 490 | #481 | 246 | #634 |
| 1988 | 547 | #424 | 204 | #660 |
| 1987 | 443 | #488 | 156 | #730 |
| 1986 | 495 | #433 | 193 | #644 |
| 1985 | 513 | #430 | 180 | #653 |
| 1984 | 482 | #435 | 218 | #574 |
| 1983 | 411 | #479 | 237 | #546 |
| 1982 | 483 | #445 | 228 | #567 |
| 1981 | 372 | #524 | 281 | #501 |
| 1980 | 170 | #893 | 239 | #555 |
| 1979 | 88 | #1,396 | 241 | #552 |
| 1978 | 59 | #1,749 | 211 | #579 |
| 1977 | 41 | #2,220 | 193 | #606 |
| 1976 | 42 | #2,064 | 165 | #639 |
| 1975 | 32 | #2,458 | 150 | #673 |
| 1974 | 34 | #2,298 | 143 | #684 |
| 1973 | 29 | #2,511 | 122 | #727 |
| 1972 | 27 | #2,606 | 131 | #703 |
| 1971 | 32 | #2,381 | 151 | #673 |
| 1970 | 30 | #2,454 | 182 | #601 |
| 1969 | 26 | #2,593 | 181 | #580 |
| 1968 | 26 | #2,434 | 214 | #516 |
| 1967 | 42 | #1,785 | 202 | #525 |
| 1966 | 41 | #1,767 | 215 | #516 |
| 1965 | 44 | #1,690 | 199 | #543 |
| 1964 | 29 | #2,251 | 230 | #513 |
| 1963 | 46 | #1,683 | 330 | #439 |
| 1962 | 41 | #1,784 | 306 | #456 |
| 1961 | 39 | #1,839 | 237 | #516 |
| 1960 | 35 | #1,930 | 250 | #499 |
| 1959 | 31 | #2,022 | 233 | #515 |
| 1958 | 23 | #2,382 | 219 | #518 |
| 1957 | 20 | #2,567 | 236 | #504 |
| 1956 | 28 | #2,059 | 229 | #500 |
| 1955 | 27 | #2,065 | 231 | #482 |
| 1954 | 24 | #2,188 | 274 | #436 |
| 1953 | 31 | #1,785 | 268 | #433 |
| 1952 | 25 | #2,027 | 219 | #467 |
| 1951 | 17 | #2,482 | 197 | #480 |
| 1950 | 23 | #2,007 | 144 | #562 |
| 1949 | 12 | #3,015 | 95 | #701 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,154 | 114 | #633 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,918 | 97 | #701 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,696 | 80 | #730 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,418 | 84 | #657 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,106 | 71 | #735 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,523 | 117 | #588 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,475 | 88 | #683 |
| 1941 | under 5 | 54 | #859 | |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,240 | 48 | #920 |
| 1939 | under 5 | 51 | #858 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 69 | #737 | |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,174 | 47 | #907 |
| 1936 | under 5 | 50 | #862 | |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,282 | 63 | #779 |
| 1934 | under 5 | 66 | #752 | |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,290 | 77 | #669 |
| 1932 | under 5 | 57 | #844 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 72 | #720 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 77 | #712 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 75 | #721 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 73 | #753 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 73 | #766 | |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,371 | 86 | #684 |
| 1925 | under 5 | 90 | #671 | |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,048 | 77 | #760 |
| 1923 | under 5 | 71 | #786 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 76 | #760 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 81 | #733 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 81 | #721 | |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,314 | 79 | #705 |
| 1918 | under 5 | 78 | #723 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 73 | #717 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 67 | #745 | |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,359 | 69 | #706 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,241 | 43 | #802 |
| 1913 | under 5 | 31 | #876 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 26 | #880 | |
| 1911 | under 5 | 15 | #861 | |
| 1910 | under 5 | 10 | #1,049 | |
| 1909 | under 5 | 5 | #1,474 | |
| 1908 | under 5 | 16 | #658 | |
| 1907 | under 5 | 7 | #1,109 | |
| 1906 | under 5 | 13 | #679 | |
| 1905 | under 5 | 7 | #1,012 | |
| 1904 | under 5 | 7 | #977 | |
| 1902 | under 5 | 10 | #752 | |
| 1901 | under 5 | 6 | #963 | |
| 1900 | under 5 | 10 | #845 | |
| 1897 | under 5 | 5 | #1,081 | |
| 1896 | under 5 | 11 | #676 | |
| 1895 | under 5 | 7 | #884 | |
| 1894 | under 5 | 6 | #969 | |
| 1893 | under 5 | 9 | #711 | |
| 1892 | under 5 | 8 | #803 | |
| 1891 | under 5 | 10 | #606 | |
| 1889 | under 5 | 7 | #805 | |
| 1888 | under 5 | 11 | #618 | |
| 1887 | under 5 | 5 | #944 | |
| 1885 | under 5 | 5 | #951 | |
| 1884 | under 5 | 5 | #987 | |
| 1883 | under 5 | 5 | #907 | |
| 1881 | under 5 | 5 | #881 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Blair a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 38,276 Americans recorded as Blair, 61% are girls and 39% boys. Girls have outnumbered boys among babies named Blair every year since 1981. In 2025 it went to 1,806 girls and 70 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Blair: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Blair, and how old are they?
33,700 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 88% of the 38,276 Americans ever recorded as Blair. The median Blair alive today is 29 years old; half are between 7 and 43.
The 2020 Census counted 26,145 people named Blair (15,113 women and girls, 11,032 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 26,803 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 273 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,130 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 3,310 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 9,990 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 4,580 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 12,400 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Blair born?
The states with the most babies named Blair are Texas, California and Florida, with 23% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 212 | #155 | 0.8× |
| California | 112 | #289 | 0.7× |
| Florida | 100 | #175 | 0.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 82 | #145 | 1.5× |
| Ohio | 70 | #156 | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 68 | #118 | 1.1× |
| North Carolina | 65 | #179 | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 63 | #157 | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 63 | #159 | 0.7× |
| New York | 62 | #268 | 0.5× |
Where Blair is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Blair is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 1.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Blair with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 46,488 babies since 1880, Blair is the most given (82% of them). In 2025 it was given to 1,876 of their 2,691 babies (70%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Blair
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1880-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Stevie | 30,183 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Blair and names like it
- Compare Blair and BlaireBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sBlair peaked in 2025.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Blair since 1910.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Blair.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Blair alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with BMost given first.