Unisex name · since 1907
Fair
Fair has 41 recorded births since 1907 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1924 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #37,229 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 41
- born since 1907
- 1920s
- peak decade
41 girls have been named Fair since 1907, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Fair recorded 41 times among girls since 1907, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1907 to 1928.
- #37,229 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 41 born since 1907
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Fair ranks #37,229 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 41 born since 1907, peaking in the 1920s.
- #37,229 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 41
- born since 1907
- 1920s
- peak decade
Fair's 41 recorded births place it above 48.26% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Fair's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Fair's full recorded timeline at 1924, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1916, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1924 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Fair popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1907–1928
- Peak year (1924)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Fair popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1914 (Fair as boys' name)
Fair by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (30 births, 73% of the file).
1920s was Fair's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 73% of all-time use.
Fair births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 6
1900s
6 births
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 30 births (73% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Fair: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1907–1928 (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 Fair 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.