Blair

#169 for girls in 2025, 1,806 births · #2,091 for boys in 2025, 70 births
Given to girls 60.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
2025 · 1,806 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
23,267
since 1914

Blair over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201999peak #434, 1953girlsat peakboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1691,806#2,09170
2024#2181,415#2,16967
2023#2421,264#1,85186
2022#2821,122#1,91781
2021#3161,025#2,30060
2020#335925#2,58649
2019#402771#2,15066
2018#433729#2,38555
2017#511614#1,91875
2016#521597#1,79984
2015#606484#2,03670
2014#649440#1,95973
2013#719383#2,20559
2012#872305#2,10464
2011#979262#1,86675
2010#1,105224#1,97570
2009#1,106230#2,58548
2008#1,281194#2,00170
2007#1,303187#2,25758
2006#1,436157#1,57593
2005#1,333164#2,52844
2004#1,369153#1,55585
2003#1,365148#1,76468
2002#1,213166#1,68270
2001#1,277154#1,42987
2000#970218#1,235108
1999#886241#1,32091
1998#827257#1,050128
1997#705304#1,096115
1996#665334#1,037118
1995#641338#949137
1994#648332#844161
1993#627360#770185
1992#520457#651252
1991#532438#624267
1990#485501#580304
1989#481490#637246
1988#424547#660204
1987#488443#730156
1986#433495#644193
1985#430513#653180
1984#435482#574218
1983#479411#545237
1982#445483#567228
1981#524372#501281
1980#893170#554239
1979#1,39488#552241
1978#1,74659#579211
1977#2,21641#606193
1976#2,06042#639165
1975#2,45632#673150
1974#2,29034#684143
1973#2,50629#727122
1972#2,59827#703131
1971#2,37532#673151
1970#2,45030#601182
1969#2,58526#580181
1968#2,43126#516214
1967#1,78342#525202
1966#1,76641#516215
1965#1,68944#543199
1964#2,24629#513230
1963#1,68346#439330
1962#1,78241#456306
1961#1,83839#516237
1960#1,92535#499250
1959#2,02131#515233
1958#2,37623#519219
1957#2,56320#504236
1956#2,05828#501229
1955#2,06327#483231
1954#2,18624#437274
1953#1,78331#434268
1952#2,02325#468219
1951#2,47417#481197
1950#2,00223#563144
1949#2,99912#70295
1948#3,13711#634114
1947#2,89813#70297
1946#3,6658#72980
1945#3,3888#65784
1944#4,0546#73571
1943#3,4938#587117
1942#3,4448#68388
1941#85854
1940#3,2088#91948
1939#85751
1938#73669
1937#3,1468#90647
1936#86150
1935#4,2045#77863
1934#75166
1933#4,2185#66877
1932#84157
1931#71772
1930#71077
1929#72175
1928#75273
1927#76673
1926#4,3066#68386
1925#67090
1924#4,0027#75977
1923#78671
1922#75976
1921#73381
1920#72181
1919#4,2516#70479
1918#72378
1917#71373
1916#74467
1915#4,2745#70569
1914#3,1886#80243
1913#87131
1912#87626
1911#85615
1910#1,04510
1909#1,4405
1908#65716
1907#1,0947
1906#67413
1905#1,0027
1904#9667
1903
1902#74410
1901#9436
1900#83610
1899
1898
1897#1,0575
1896#67411
1895#8727
1894#9546
1893#7059
1892#7928
1891#59710
1890
1889#7897
1888#60911
1887#9215
1886
1885#9365
1884#9715
1883#8925
1882
1881#8665
1880
First appearance
1914

The first year at least five girls were named Blair! It came in at #3,188, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1915–1918, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Blair
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 49 spots since 2024 (#218#169)
  • 166 spots since 2020 (#335#169)
  • 437 spots since 2015 (#606#169)
  • Biggest jump: 501 spots in 1980 (#1,394#893)
  • Biggest drop: 307 spots in 2001 (#970#1,277)
Rise & fade · girls
111 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 2025 at #169 (1,806 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 36 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1980–2000
Share of babies · girls
1 in 890
  • Highest: 1 in 890 girls born in 2025 were named Blair (0.11%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 32.5% of all girls named Blair (7,557) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1981
  • Mostly boys until 1980, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s17#3,188 (1914)#3,904
1920s13#4,002 (1924)#4,154
1930s18#3,146 (1937)#3,856
1940s82#2,898 (1947)#3,365
1950s249#1,783 (1953)#2,155
1960s369#1,683 (1963)#1,973
1970s414#1,394 (1979)#2,209
1980s4,406#424 (1988)#503
1990s3,562#485 (1990)#654
2000s1,771#970 (2000)#1,265
2010s4,809#402 (2019)#680
2020s7,557#169 (2025)#260

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Blair in 1999

girls
#886
241 births · 1 in 7,360 girls
boys
#1,320
91 births · 1 in 21,101 boys

Top girls' names in 1999

  1. #1Emily26,542
  2. #2Hannah21,679
  3. #3Alexis19,237
  4. #4Sarah19,119
  5. #5Samantha19,044
  6. #6Ashley18,136
  7. #7Madison18,054
  8. #8Taylor16,906
  9. #9Jessica16,350
  10. #10Elizabeth15,350
  11. #886Blair241

Top boys' names in 1999

  1. #1Jacob35,371
  2. #2Michael33,915
  3. #3Matthew30,418
  4. #4Joshua27,265
  5. #5Nicholas25,639
  6. #6Christopher25,604
  7. #7Andrew23,866
  8. #8Joseph23,220
  9. #9Daniel22,704
  10. #10Tyler22,669
  11. #1,320Blair91
More about 1999

girls

1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 7,360 of them was named Blair, which outranked 94.8% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Blair
  1. #880Silvia243
  2. #884Kinsey242
  3. #884Magdalena242
  4. #886Blair241
  5. #886Aiyana241
  6. #886Misty241
  7. #889Baby240
  8. #889Jocelyne240
  9. #889Kirstin240

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. 1,407Citlalli#2,338#931
  2. 1,329Noelia#2,048#719
  3. 1,060Amaya#1,458#398
  4. 864Kyara#1,789#925
  5. 604Journey#1,557#953
Fallers
  1. 579Erykah#779#1,358
  2. 417Tea#747#1,164
  3. 415Tasia#800#1,215
  4. 406Monika#930#1,336
  5. 357Chase#952#1,309

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 21,101 of them was named Blair, which outranked 88.6% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Blair
  1. #1,311Kirkland92
  2. #1,311Martez92
  3. #1,311Sabastian92
  4. #1,320Blair91
  5. #1,320Claude91
  6. #1,320Demetri91
  7. #1,320Javan91
  8. #1,329Canyon90
  9. #1,329Codie90
  10. #1,329Dereck90

Tied with 8 names at #1,320; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. 1,239Trajan#2,235#996
  2. 669Tyreese#1,558#889
  3. 595Latrell#1,231#636
  4. 420Zion#694#274
  5. 414Xander#1,338#924
Fallers
  1. 381Jaret#555#936
  2. 362Kordell#841#1,203
  3. 313Juwan#524#837
  4. 296Jarett#743#1,039
  5. 288Christion#989#1,277

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1999