Adair
#5,410 for girls in 2025, 23 births · #2,145 for boys in 2025, 67 births
Given to boys 55.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2007 · 100 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,797since 1914
Adair over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,410 | 23 | #2,145 | 67 |
| 2024 | #5,615 | 22 | #2,370 | 59 |
| 2023 | #5,549 | 22 | #2,221 | 64 |
| 2022 | #6,229 | 19 | #2,793 | 46 |
| 2021 | #6,414 | 18 | #3,362 | 34 |
| 2020 | #7,212 | 15 | #4,540 | 21 |
| 2019 | #4,546 | 30 | #3,347 | 34 |
| 2018 | #6,792 | 17 | #4,476 | 22 |
| 2017 | #5,517 | 23 | #2,597 | 48 |
| 2016 | #6,186 | 20 | #3,358 | 33 |
| 2015 | #6,236 | 20 | #2,328 | 56 |
| 2014 | #4,178 | 35 | #3,297 | 33 |
| 2013 | #4,543 | 31 | #2,594 | 46 |
| 2012 | #5,710 | 23 | #2,066 | 66 |
| 2011 | #5,543 | 24 | #1,656 | 91 |
| 2010 | #5,977 | 22 | #2,037 | 67 |
| 2009 | #6,544 | 20 | #1,688 | 93 |
| 2008 | #7,073 | 18 | #2,140 | 63 |
| 2007 | #6,552 | 20 | #1,562 | 100 |
| 2006 | #7,868 | 15 | #1,769 | 78 |
| 2005 | #7,138 | 16 | #1,801 | 72 |
| 2004 | #7,077 | 16 | #1,671 | 77 |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 | #1,815 | 65 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 | #2,556 | 38 |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 | #3,228 | 27 |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 | #2,864 | 31 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | #2,560 | 34 |
| 1998 | #6,073 | 16 | #3,296 | 23 |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | #3,877 | 17 |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 | #4,396 | 14 |
| 1995 | #3,878 | 27 | #4,052 | 15 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 | #4,447 | 13 |
| 1992 | #5,267 | 18 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,694 | 20 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 | #4,271 | 12 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #3,743 | 23 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,757 | 22 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #3,730 | 22 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | — | |
| 1979 | — | #4,842 | 7 | |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | — | |
| 1973 | — | #4,054 | 7 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,266 | 15 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,864 | 19 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,539 | 23 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,318 | 15 | — | |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 | — | |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,651 | 19 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,095 | 14 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,106 | 13 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #2,806 | 15 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,391 | 18 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #2,726 | 14 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,880 | 12 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,401 | 14 | — | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | — | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,592 | 11 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 | — | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 | — | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | — | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | #3,076 | 8 |
| 1927 | #2,859 | 11 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,514 | 14 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | #3,115 | 8 |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 | #3,368 | 7 |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 | #2,732 | 9 |
| 1916 | #2,833 | 10 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | — | #3,392 | 6 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,651 | 7 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Adair! It came in at #2,651, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1920, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Adair
- 225 spots since 2024 (#2,370 → #2,145)
- 2,395 spots since 2020 (#4,540 → #2,145)
- 183 spots since 2015 (#2,328 → #2,145)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 2007 at #1,562 (100 births)
- Births halved by 2013, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 20,754 boys born in 2007 were named Adair (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 25,494 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 35.8% of all boys named Adair (644) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2014, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 42 | #2,651 (1914) | #3,193 |
| 1920s | 33 | #3,076 (1928) | #3,639 |
| 1930s | 18 | #2,905 (1937) | #3,231 |
| 1940s | 11 | #3,316 (1948) | #3,438 |
| 1950s | 17 | #3,066 (1951) | #3,515 |
| 1960s | 7 | #3,595 (1969) | #3,595 |
| 1970s | 47 | #4,054 (1973) | #4,948 |
| 1980s | 51 | #4,271 (1989) | #5,882 |
| 1990s | 140 | #2,560 (1999) | #4,602 |
| 2000s | 644 | #1,562 (2007) | #2,109 |
| 2010s | 496 | #1,656 (2011) | #2,776 |
| 2020s | 291 | #2,145 (2025) | #2,905 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Adair in 2002
Top girls' names in 2002
Top boys' names in 2002
More about 2002
girls
1,796,882 girls got a published name in 2002; 1 in 119,792 of them was named Adair, which outranked 61.0% of the 18,086 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,698Zamaria16
- #6,698Ziyah16
- #6,698Zyaire16
- #7,045Adair15
- #7,045Aalyssa15
- #7,045Abagael15
- #7,045Abaigeal15
- #7,444Aalia14
- #7,444Abena14
- #7,444Adelita14
Tied with 398 names at #7,045; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,941,514 boys got a published name in 2002; 1 in 51,092 of them was named Adair, which outranked 79.5% of the 12,489 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,504Trequan39
- #2,504Zarek39
- #2,504Zayn39
- #2,556Adair38
- #2,556Adel38
- #2,556Adian38
- #2,556Aeneas38
- #2,603Adarius37
- #2,603Adryan37
- #2,603Aspen37
Tied with 46 names at #2,556; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.