Meaning not yet researched.
Adair: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 67 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,562 in 2007.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1,562 in 2007; #2,145 in 2025. About 74% of babies named Adair in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,145 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2007, at #1,562.
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Adair: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 67 boys in 2025. Peak: #1,562 in 2007 · most boys in one year: 100 (2007).
In 2025, 67 US boys were named Adair, making it the 2,145th most common boys’ name of the year, up 226 places from #2,371 in 2024. That is 8 more than the 59 boys named Adair in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,562, reached in 2007. That year also had the most boys given the name: 100. For comparison, it was #2,329 in 2015 and #3,685 in 1950.
In 2025, 23 US girls were named Adair, making it the 5,412th most common girls’ name of the year, up 207 places from #5,619 in 2024. That is 1 more than the 22 girls named Adair in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #2,391, reached in 1951. The most girls given the name in a single year was 35, in 2014. For comparison, it was #6,239 in 2015 and #3,236 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Adair in 109 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1914 with 7 babies. In all, 3,217 US babies have been given the name, 44% of them girls and 56% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 803 babies named Adair.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 428 US boys were named Adair; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 67. In 2025 that was about 1 in 25,494 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Adair ranked highest in Georgia in 2025, at #1,218 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Adir, Ader and Adar are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
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No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Adir (349), Ader (233), Adar (163), Adahir (72), Adaire (55), Ador (53), Aidar (11), Adior (11), Adaure (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Adair in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 48 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 6 | #1,218 | — |
| California | 15 | #1,241 | #1,760 |
| Florida | 6 | #1,627 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #5,412 | 67 | #2,145 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,619 | 59 | #2,371 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,552 | 64 | #2,221 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,233 | 46 | #2,793 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,416 | 34 | #3,362 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,216 | 21 | #4,541 |
| 2019 | 30 | #4,546 | 34 | #3,348 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,796 | 22 | #4,480 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,518 | 48 | #2,597 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,187 | 33 | #3,359 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,239 | 56 | #2,329 |
| 2014 | 35 | #4,179 | 33 | #3,299 |
| 2013 | 31 | #4,544 | 46 | #2,594 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,714 | 66 | #2,067 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,543 | 91 | #1,656 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,977 | 67 | #2,037 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,549 | 93 | #1,688 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,077 | 63 | #2,140 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,555 | 100 | #1,562 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,873 | 78 | #1,769 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,142 | 72 | #1,801 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,080 | 77 | #1,671 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,586 | 65 | #1,815 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,050 | 38 | #2,556 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,726 | 27 | #3,228 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,033 | 31 | #2,865 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,724 | 34 | #2,560 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,076 | 23 | #3,297 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,844 | 17 | #3,881 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,065 | 14 | #4,398 |
| 1995 | 27 | #3,878 | 15 | #4,053 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,676 | 8 | #6,377 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,266 | 13 | #4,448 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,267 | 10 | #5,239 |
| 1991 | 15 | #5,949 | — | — |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,696 | 6 | #7,185 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,287 | 12 | #4,271 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,896 | 5 | #7,284 |
| 1987 | 23 | #3,744 | — | — |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,757 | 5 | #6,732 |
| 1985 | 22 | #3,731 | 5 | #6,532 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,738 | 5 | #6,321 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,315 | 6 | #5,487 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,912 | 7 | #5,009 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,886 | 6 | #5,474 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,790 | — | — |
| 1979 | — | — | 7 | #4,845 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,565 | 7 | #4,557 |
| 1977 | — | — | 5 | #5,853 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,049 | 6 | #4,943 |
| 1975 | — | — | 5 | #5,471 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,779 | — | — |
| 1973 | — | — | 7 | #4,056 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,295 | 5 | #4,989 |
| 1971 | — | — | 5 | #4,910 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,061 | — | — |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,456 | 7 | #3,597 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,642 | — | — |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,805 | — | — |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,266 | — | — |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,733 | — | — |
| 1964 | 16 | #3,244 | — | — |
| 1963 | 19 | #2,864 | — | — |
| 1962 | 23 | #2,539 | — | — |
| 1961 | 15 | #3,318 | — | — |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,184 | — | — |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,300 | — | — |
| 1958 | 10 | #3,925 | — | — |
| 1957 | 19 | #2,651 | — | — |
| 1956 | 13 | #3,322 | — | — |
| 1955 | 14 | #3,095 | — | — |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,326 | — | — |
| 1953 | 13 | #3,106 | 5 | #3,801 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,807 | — | — |
| 1951 | 18 | #2,391 | 7 | #3,068 |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,236 | 5 | #3,685 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,726 | — | — |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,137 | 6 | #3,318 |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,240 | — | — |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,880 | — | — |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,676 | — | — |
| 1944 | 14 | #2,401 | — | — |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,125 | 5 | #3,564 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,954 | — | — |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,350 | — | — |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,592 | — | — |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,730 | — | — |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,256 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,103 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,567 | — | — |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,218 | 5 | #3,643 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,644 | — | — |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,849 | — | — |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,658 | — | — |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,436 | 8 | #3,077 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,860 | 5 | #4,210 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,565 | — | — |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,617 | — | — |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,514 | 6 | #3,871 |
| 1923 | 10 | #3,126 | 8 | #3,177 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,010 | — | — |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,762 | 6 | #3,871 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,958 | — | — |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,453 | 8 | #3,117 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,244 | 7 | #3,371 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,694 | 9 | #2,732 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,833 | 5 | #3,899 |
| 1915 | — | — | 6 | #3,393 |
| 1914 | — | — | 7 | #2,652 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).