Blair Girl
How popular is Blair?
#169 girl name in 2025
1,806 baby girls were named Blair in the US in 2025, making it the 169th most popular girl name. Another 70 boys got the name (#2,091 for boys).
Blair popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #169 for girls (▲ 49 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,806 girls, 70 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+273% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #606 in 2015, #335 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (1,806 girls) |
| Highest rank | #169 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1914 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 6% boys, 94% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Blair counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Blair family of names ranked #128 for girls in 2025 (#164 the year before), with 2,614 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Blair | 1,806 | 69% |
| Blaire | 802 | 31% |
| Blayre | 6 | 0% |
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 Blair is most popular
Babies named Blair per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- North Dakota: 3.2 per 1,000 (42 girls)
- South Dakota: 3.2 per 1,000 (45 girls)
- Nebraska: 2.2 per 1,000 (80 girls)
- Iowa: 2.1 per 1,000 (125 girls)
- Missouri: 2.0 per 1,000 (237 girls)
Blair by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 17 | #3,187 |
| 1920s | 13 | #4,000 |
| 1930s | 18 | #3,145 |
| 1940s | 82 | #2,897 |
| 1950s | 249 | #1,782 |
| 1960s | 369 | #1,682 |
| 1970s | 414 | #1,394 |
| 1980s | 4,406 | #424 |
| 1990s | 3,562 | #484 |
| 2000s | 1,771 | #969 |
| 2010s | 4,809 | #402 |
| 2020s | 7,557 | #169 |
Girl names about as popular as Blair
Questions
- Is Blair a boy or girl name?
- Blair is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 94% of babies named Blair were girls.
- How popular is the name Blair?
- 1,806 baby girls were named Blair in the US in 2025, making it the 169th most popular girl name. Another 70 boys got the name (#2,091 for boys).
- When was Blair most popular?
- Blair peaked in 2025, when 1,806 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #169 in 2025.
- How many people are named Blair?
- 38,276 babies have been named Blair in the US since 1880. We estimate about 34,004 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 29.
- Where is Blair most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Blair was most common in North Dakota, at 3.2 of every 1,000 girls 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.