Girls' name · since 1956
Blaire
Blaire has 7,959 recorded births since 1956 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,919 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #384 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,959
- born since 1956
- 2020s
- peak decade
7,959 babies have been named Blaire since 1956, making it today's #384 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Blaire has been recorded 7,959 times among girls since 1956, currently ranked #384 nationally and more common than 98% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 2025.
- #1,919 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #384 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 7,959 born since 1956
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Blaire ranks #1,919 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #384 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 7,959 born since 1956, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,919 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #384 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,959
- born since 1956
- 2020s
- peak decade
Blaire's 7,959 recorded births place it above 97.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
43 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Blaire compares
7,959 Top 11% higher than 89% 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
Blaire's all-time total is 21x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Blaire | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 7,959 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 802 | 21 | 19,840 |
Blaire's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Blaire's SSA record in two at 1995 and the more recent half accounts for 83% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 17%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1957, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 802, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Blaire popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 802
- Annual births at peak, across 70 years of records
Blaire popularity over time - boys
111 total births recorded since 1967 (Blaire as boys' name)
Blaire by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (3,519 births, 44% of the file).
2020s was Blaire's strongest decade.
3,519 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Blaire births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1960s 34
1960s
34 births
- 1970s 75
1970s
75 births
- 1980s 793
1980s
793 births
- 1990s 828
1990s
828 births
- 2000s 501
2000s
501 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,198 births
- 2020s
2020s
3,519 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 3,519 births (44% of all-time use).
How Blaire 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 Blaire's total volume
Blaire by state
Where Blaire concentrates geographically, total births since 1956
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 811 | 10.2% |
| #2 | California | | 474 | 6.0% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 335 | 4.2% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 315 | 4.0% |
| #5 | Florida | | 288 | 3.6% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 268 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 252 | 3.2% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 215 | 2.7% |
811 of 7,959 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 43 reporting states.
Blaire appears in 43 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Blaires (811 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Blaire: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~69 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, 1956–2025 (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 Blaire 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.