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
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 1,806 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 23,267since 1914
Blair 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 | #169 | 1,806 | #2,091 | 70 |
| 2024 | #218 | 1,415 | #2,169 | 67 |
| 2023 | #242 | 1,264 | #1,851 | 86 |
| 2022 | #282 | 1,122 | #1,917 | 81 |
| 2021 | #316 | 1,025 | #2,300 | 60 |
| 2020 | #335 | 925 | #2,586 | 49 |
| 2019 | #402 | 771 | #2,150 | 66 |
| 2018 | #433 | 729 | #2,385 | 55 |
| 2017 | #511 | 614 | #1,918 | 75 |
| 2016 | #521 | 597 | #1,799 | 84 |
| 2015 | #606 | 484 | #2,036 | 70 |
| 2014 | #649 | 440 | #1,959 | 73 |
| 2013 | #719 | 383 | #2,205 | 59 |
| 2012 | #872 | 305 | #2,104 | 64 |
| 2011 | #979 | 262 | #1,866 | 75 |
| 2010 | #1,105 | 224 | #1,975 | 70 |
| 2009 | #1,106 | 230 | #2,585 | 48 |
| 2008 | #1,281 | 194 | #2,001 | 70 |
| 2007 | #1,303 | 187 | #2,257 | 58 |
| 2006 | #1,436 | 157 | #1,575 | 93 |
| 2005 | #1,333 | 164 | #2,528 | 44 |
| 2004 | #1,369 | 153 | #1,555 | 85 |
| 2003 | #1,365 | 148 | #1,764 | 68 |
| 2002 | #1,213 | 166 | #1,682 | 70 |
| 2001 | #1,277 | 154 | #1,429 | 87 |
| 2000 | #970 | 218 | #1,235 | 108 |
| 1999 | #886 | 241 | #1,320 | 91 |
| 1998 | #827 | 257 | #1,050 | 128 |
| 1997 | #705 | 304 | #1,096 | 115 |
| 1996 | #665 | 334 | #1,037 | 118 |
| 1995 | #641 | 338 | #949 | 137 |
| 1994 | #648 | 332 | #844 | 161 |
| 1993 | #627 | 360 | #770 | 185 |
| 1992 | #520 | 457 | #651 | 252 |
| 1991 | #532 | 438 | #624 | 267 |
| 1990 | #485 | 501 | #580 | 304 |
| 1989 | #481 | 490 | #637 | 246 |
| 1988 | #424 | 547 | #660 | 204 |
| 1987 | #488 | 443 | #730 | 156 |
| 1986 | #433 | 495 | #644 | 193 |
| 1985 | #430 | 513 | #653 | 180 |
| 1984 | #435 | 482 | #574 | 218 |
| 1983 | #479 | 411 | #545 | 237 |
| 1982 | #445 | 483 | #567 | 228 |
| 1981 | #524 | 372 | #501 | 281 |
| 1980 | #893 | 170 | #554 | 239 |
| 1979 | #1,394 | 88 | #552 | 241 |
| 1978 | #1,746 | 59 | #579 | 211 |
| 1977 | #2,216 | 41 | #606 | 193 |
| 1976 | #2,060 | 42 | #639 | 165 |
| 1975 | #2,456 | 32 | #673 | 150 |
| 1974 | #2,290 | 34 | #684 | 143 |
| 1973 | #2,506 | 29 | #727 | 122 |
| 1972 | #2,598 | 27 | #703 | 131 |
| 1971 | #2,375 | 32 | #673 | 151 |
| 1970 | #2,450 | 30 | #601 | 182 |
| 1969 | #2,585 | 26 | #580 | 181 |
| 1968 | #2,431 | 26 | #516 | 214 |
| 1967 | #1,783 | 42 | #525 | 202 |
| 1966 | #1,766 | 41 | #516 | 215 |
| 1965 | #1,689 | 44 | #543 | 199 |
| 1964 | #2,246 | 29 | #513 | 230 |
| 1963 | #1,683 | 46 | #439 | 330 |
| 1962 | #1,782 | 41 | #456 | 306 |
| 1961 | #1,838 | 39 | #516 | 237 |
| 1960 | #1,925 | 35 | #499 | 250 |
| 1959 | #2,021 | 31 | #515 | 233 |
| 1958 | #2,376 | 23 | #519 | 219 |
| 1957 | #2,563 | 20 | #504 | 236 |
| 1956 | #2,058 | 28 | #501 | 229 |
| 1955 | #2,063 | 27 | #483 | 231 |
| 1954 | #2,186 | 24 | #437 | 274 |
| 1953 | #1,783 | 31 | #434 | 268 |
| 1952 | #2,023 | 25 | #468 | 219 |
| 1951 | #2,474 | 17 | #481 | 197 |
| 1950 | #2,002 | 23 | #563 | 144 |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 | #702 | 95 |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 | #634 | 114 |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 | #702 | 97 |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | #729 | 80 |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | #657 | 84 |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #735 | 71 |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 | #587 | 117 |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 | #683 | 88 |
| 1941 | — | #858 | 54 | |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | #919 | 48 |
| 1939 | — | #857 | 51 | |
| 1938 | — | #736 | 69 | |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 | #906 | 47 |
| 1936 | — | #861 | 50 | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #778 | 63 |
| 1934 | — | #751 | 66 | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #668 | 77 |
| 1932 | — | #841 | 57 | |
| 1931 | — | #717 | 72 | |
| 1930 | — | #710 | 77 | |
| 1929 | — | #721 | 75 | |
| 1928 | — | #752 | 73 | |
| 1927 | — | #766 | 73 | |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #683 | 86 |
| 1925 | — | #670 | 90 | |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #759 | 77 |
| 1923 | — | #786 | 71 | |
| 1922 | — | #759 | 76 | |
| 1921 | — | #733 | 81 | |
| 1920 | — | #721 | 81 | |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #704 | 79 |
| 1918 | — | #723 | 78 | |
| 1917 | — | #713 | 73 | |
| 1916 | — | #744 | 67 | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #705 | 69 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #802 | 43 |
| 1913 | — | #871 | 31 | |
| 1912 | — | #876 | 26 | |
| 1911 | — | #856 | 15 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,045 | 10 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
| 1908 | — | #657 | 16 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,094 | 7 | |
| 1906 | — | #674 | 13 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,002 | 7 | |
| 1904 | — | #966 | 7 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #744 | 10 | |
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | #836 | 10 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | #674 | 11 | |
| 1895 | — | #872 | 7 | |
| 1894 | — | #954 | 6 | |
| 1893 | — | #705 | 9 | |
| 1892 | — | #792 | 8 | |
| 1891 | — | #597 | 10 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #789 | 7 | |
| 1888 | — | #609 | 11 | |
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
| 1883 | — | #892 | 5 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 2025 at #169 (1,806 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1980–2000
- Highest: 1 in 890 girls born in 2025 were named Blair (0.11%)
- 32.5% of all girls named Blair (7,557) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1980, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 17 | #3,188 (1914) | #3,904 |
| 1920s | 13 | #4,002 (1924) | #4,154 |
| 1930s | 18 | #3,146 (1937) | #3,856 |
| 1940s | 82 | #2,898 (1947) | #3,365 |
| 1950s | 249 | #1,783 (1953) | #2,155 |
| 1960s | 369 | #1,683 (1963) | #1,973 |
| 1970s | 414 | #1,394 (1979) | #2,209 |
| 1980s | 4,406 | #424 (1988) | #503 |
| 1990s | 3,562 | #485 (1990) | #654 |
| 2000s | 1,771 | #970 (2000) | #1,265 |
| 2010s | 4,809 | #402 (2019) | #680 |
| 2020s | 7,557 | #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 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 10,825 of them was named Blair, which outranked 93.3% 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).
- #1,209Katlynn167
- #1,209Lizbet167
- #1,209Priya167
- #1,213Blair166
- #1,213Charisma166
- #1,213Elisha166
- #1,213Haily166
- #1,218Carleigh165
- #1,218Dejah165
- #1,218Geneva165
Tied with 4 names at #1,213; 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 27,736 of them was named Blair, which outranked 86.5% 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).
- #1,660Tyshaun71
- #1,660Virgil71
- #1,660Zev71
- #1,682Blair70
- #1,682Bentley70
- #1,682Claude70
- #1,682Flavio70
- #1,694Anakin69
- #1,694Donny69
- #1,694Dontay69
Tied with 11 names at #1,682; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.