Adair Boy & girl

How popular is Adair?

#2,145 boy name in 2025

67 baby boys were named Adair in the US in 2025, making it the 2145th most popular boy name. Another 23 girls got the name (#5,409 for girls).

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2,832living people named Adair (est.)
19median age of people named Adair
3,217babies named Adair since 1880
1 in 36,837US babies born in 2025

Adair popularity over time

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Boys Girls

Rank in 2025#2,145 for boys (▲ 225 from 2024)
Babies in 202567 boys, 23 girls
10-year trendRising (+20% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#2,327 in 2015, #4,536 in 2020
Peak year2007 (100 boys)
Highest rank#1,562 in 2007
First recorded1914
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)67% boys, 33% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Adair counting every spelling

Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Adair family of names ranked #1,516 for boys in 2025 (#1,521 the year before), with 92 babies in all.

SpellingBoys in 2025Share
Adair 67 73%
Adir 20 22%
Adar 5 5%

Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.

Where Adair is most popular

Babies named Adair per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. California: 0.1 per 1,000 (70 boys)
  2. Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (29 boys)
  3. Georgia: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
  4. Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)

Adair by decade

DecadeBaby boysBest rank
1910s42#2,650
1920s33#3,074
1930s18#2,905
1940s11#3,315
1950s17#3,065
1960s7#3,594
1970s47#4,052
1980s51#4,265
1990s140#2,556
2000s644#1,562
2010s496#1,656
2020s291#2,145

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Questions

Is Adair a boy or girl name?
Adair is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 67% of babies named Adair were boys and 33% were girls.
How popular is the name Adair?
67 baby boys were named Adair in the US in 2025, making it the 2145th most popular boy name. Another 23 girls got the name (#5,409 for girls).
When was Adair most popular?
Adair peaked in 2007, when 100 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,562 in 2007.
How many people are named Adair?
3,217 babies have been named Adair in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,832 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 19.
Where is Adair most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Adair was most common in California, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.