Jair Boy
How popular is Jair?
#1,193 boy name in 2025
170 baby boys were named Jair in the US in 2025, making it the 1193rd most popular boy name.
Jair popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,193 for boys (▼ 21 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 170 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-15% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,019 in 2015, #902 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2003 (480 boys) |
| Highest rank | #506 in 2003 |
| First recorded | 1971 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jair counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jair family of names ranked #766 for boys in 2025 (#757 the year before), with 305 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jair | 170 | 56% |
| Jaire | 135 | 44% |
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 Jair is most popular
Babies named Jair per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Georgia: 0.3 per 1,000 (65 boys)
- Texas: 0.2 per 1,000 (169 boys)
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (159 boys)
- Maryland: 0.2 per 1,000 (20 boys)
- Florida: 0.2 per 1,000 (75 boys)
Jair by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 54 | #3,834 |
| 1980s | 154 | #2,115 |
| 1990s | 710 | #882 |
| 2000s | 2,934 | #506 |
| 2010s | 2,170 | #820 |
| 2020s | 1,236 | #902 |
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Questions
- Is Jair a boy or girl name?
- Jair is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jair were boys.
- How popular is the name Jair?
- 170 baby boys were named Jair in the US in 2025, making it the 1193rd most popular boy name.
- When was Jair most popular?
- Jair peaked in 2003, when 480 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #506 in 2003.
- How many people are named Jair?
- 7,269 babies have been named Jair in the US since 1880. We estimate about 7,173 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Jair most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jair was most common in Georgia, at 0.3 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.