Mostly girls · peaked in 2025
Blair name popularity since 1925
37,195 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Blair (62.5% girls, 37.5% boys). Half of them were born in 1993 or earlier, so the typical Blair is about 33 years old in 2026. Blair peaked in 2025 as the #169 name for girls, and it ranked #169 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 37,195
- Named Blair, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #169
- for girls in 2025 (1,806 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 62.5% girls
- 23,243 girls · 13,952 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 2.28× its national share
Peak year is the year Blair made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Blair births per year, 1925–2025
2025 was the biggest year for Blair both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1980 and 1985, Blair became 2.9× more common, from 1 in 9,770 baby girls to 1 in 3,350.
- Steepest fall: Between 1996 and 2001, its share of baby girls fell by 55%, from 1 in 5,250 to 1 in 11,700.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Blair's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Blair.
Decade by decade
Babies named Blair in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 6 | 397 | – |
| 1930s | 18 | 629 | #4,284 |
| 1940s | 82 | 848 | #3,420 |
| 1950s | 249 | 2,250 | #2,066 |
| 1960s | 369 | 2,364 | #1,690 |
| 1970s | 414 | 1,689 | #2,458 |
| 1980s | 4,406 | 2,182 | #430 |
| 1990s | 3,562 | 1,758 | #641 |
| 2000s | 1,771 | 731 | #1,335 |
| 2010s | 4,809 | 691 | #606 |
| 2020–25 | 7,557 | 413 | #169 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
33.5% of babies named Blair from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Blair is most popular
The index compares Blair's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Blair.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 2.28× | 577 |
| Louisiana | 2.22× | 1,183 |
| Maryland | 1.67× | 758 |
| Pennsylvania | 1.56× | 2,362 |
| Virginia | 1.53× | 1,023 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Blair and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Blair (this page) | 23,243 | 2025 |
| Blaire | 7,959 | 2025 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Blair's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Blair.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Blair (2025).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data