Meaning not yet researched.
Blair: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,806 in 2025. Its best rank was #169 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. About 96% of babies named Blair in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#169 for US girls in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Blair: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,806 girls in 2025. Peak: #169 in 2025 · most girls in one year: 1,806 (2025).
In 2025, 1,806 US girls were named Blair, making it the 169th most common girls’ name of the year, up 49 places from #218 in 2024. That is 391 more than the 1,415 girls named Blair in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #169, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most girls given the name: 1,806. For comparison, it was #606 in 2015 and #2,008 in 1950.
In 2025, 70 US boys were named Blair, making it the 2,094th most common boys’ name of the year, up 77 places from #2,171 in 2024. That is 3 more than the 67 boys named Blair in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #434, reached in 1953. The most boys given the name in a single year was 330, in 1963. For comparison, it was #2,036 in 2015 and #563 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Blair in 139 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 5 babies. In all, 38,276 US babies have been given the name, 61% of them girls and 39% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 7,970 babies named Blair.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 10,268 US girls were named Blair; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 1,806. In 2025 that was about 1 in 890 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Blair ranked highest in South Dakota in 2025, at #74 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 6 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Blaire (8,070 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Blayre and Blayr are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Blayre (142), Blayr (19).
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 Blair in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 6 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | 12 | #74 | — |
| Iowa | 37 | #76 | #422 |
| Missouri | 61 | #90 | #421 |
| South Carolina | 44 | #95 | #526 |
| Louisiana | 39 | #96 | #352 |
| Maine | 10 | #99 | — |
| Indiana | 62 | #105 | #481 |
| Minnesota | 47 | #105 | #621 |
| Utah | 39 | #108 | #431 |
| Idaho | 18 | #112 | — |
| West Virginia | 13 | #117 | — |
| Michigan | 68 | #118 | #674 |
| Nebraska | 18 | #120 | — |
| Delaware | 7 | #123 | — |
| Kentucky | 33 | #133 | #468 |
| Virginia | 55 | #138 | #504 |
| Kansas | 23 | #138 | #336 |
| North Dakota | 7 | #142 | — |
| Oklahoma | 26 | #144 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 74 | #145 | #553 |
| Mississippi | 16 | #154 | — |
| District of Columbia | 5 | #154 | #258 |
| Texas | 207 | #155 | #565 |
| Ohio | 70 | #156 | #594 |
| Illinois | 63 | #157 | #667 |
| Georgia | 63 | #159 | #564 |
| Wisconsin | 33 | #159 | #485 |
| Tennessee | 47 | #163 | #489 |
| Connecticut | 19 | #164 | — |
| Florida | 100 | #175 | #871 |
| New Hampshire | 7 | #176 | — |
| North Carolina | 59 | #179 | #521 |
| Alabama | 23 | #191 | #498 |
| Massachusetts | 28 | #196 | — |
| Arkansas | 15 | #199 | — |
| Montana | 5 | #213 | — |
| Oregon | 16 | #227 | #532 |
| Arizona | 30 | #230 | #613 |
| Washington | 30 | #239 | #602 |
| Nevada | 11 | #242 | — |
| Maryland | 20 | #256 | #359 |
| New York | 62 | #268 | #789 |
| Colorado | 23 | #270 | #704 |
| New Jersey | 30 | #277 | — |
| California | 112 | #289 | #1,030 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,806 | #169 | 70 | #2,094 |
| 2024 | 1,415 | #218 | 67 | #2,171 |
| 2023 | 1,264 | #242 | 86 | #1,851 |
| 2022 | 1,122 | #283 | 81 | #1,918 |
| 2021 | 1,025 | #316 | 60 | #2,303 |
| 2020 | 925 | #335 | 49 | #2,589 |
| 2019 | 771 | #402 | 66 | #2,150 |
| 2018 | 729 | #433 | 55 | #2,392 |
| 2017 | 614 | #511 | 75 | #1,921 |
| 2016 | 597 | #521 | 84 | #1,799 |
| 2015 | 484 | #606 | 70 | #2,036 |
| 2014 | 440 | #649 | 73 | #1,961 |
| 2013 | 383 | #720 | 59 | #2,210 |
| 2012 | 305 | #874 | 64 | #2,105 |
| 2011 | 262 | #979 | 75 | #1,869 |
| 2010 | 224 | #1,105 | 70 | #1,976 |
| 2009 | 230 | #1,107 | 48 | #2,590 |
| 2008 | 194 | #1,281 | 70 | #2,006 |
| 2007 | 187 | #1,303 | 58 | #2,259 |
| 2006 | 157 | #1,436 | 93 | #1,575 |
| 2005 | 164 | #1,335 | 44 | #2,531 |
| 2004 | 153 | #1,370 | 85 | #1,557 |
| 2003 | 148 | #1,366 | 68 | #1,766 |
| 2002 | 166 | #1,213 | 70 | #1,683 |
| 2001 | 154 | #1,278 | 87 | #1,431 |
| 2000 | 218 | #971 | 108 | #1,236 |
| 1999 | 241 | #887 | 91 | #1,320 |
| 1998 | 257 | #827 | 128 | #1,050 |
| 1997 | 304 | #705 | 115 | #1,098 |
| 1996 | 334 | #666 | 118 | #1,037 |
| 1995 | 338 | #641 | 137 | #949 |
| 1994 | 332 | #648 | 161 | #846 |
| 1993 | 360 | #627 | 185 | #770 |
| 1992 | 457 | #520 | 252 | #651 |
| 1991 | 438 | #532 | 267 | #624 |
| 1990 | 501 | #485 | 304 | #580 |
| 1989 | 490 | #481 | 246 | #637 |
| 1988 | 547 | #424 | 204 | #660 |
| 1987 | 443 | #488 | 156 | #730 |
| 1986 | 495 | #433 | 193 | #644 |
| 1985 | 513 | #430 | 180 | #653 |
| 1984 | 482 | #435 | 218 | #574 |
| 1983 | 411 | #479 | 237 | #546 |
| 1982 | 483 | #445 | 228 | #567 |
| 1981 | 372 | #524 | 281 | #501 |
| 1980 | 170 | #893 | 239 | #555 |
| 1979 | 88 | #1,396 | 241 | #552 |
| 1978 | 59 | #1,749 | 211 | #579 |
| 1977 | 41 | #2,220 | 193 | #606 |
| 1976 | 42 | #2,064 | 165 | #639 |
| 1975 | 32 | #2,458 | 150 | #673 |
| 1974 | 34 | #2,298 | 143 | #684 |
| 1973 | 29 | #2,511 | 122 | #727 |
| 1972 | 27 | #2,606 | 131 | #703 |
| 1971 | 32 | #2,381 | 151 | #673 |
| 1970 | 30 | #2,454 | 182 | #601 |
| 1969 | 26 | #2,593 | 181 | #580 |
| 1968 | 26 | #2,434 | 214 | #516 |
| 1967 | 42 | #1,785 | 202 | #525 |
| 1966 | 41 | #1,767 | 215 | #516 |
| 1965 | 44 | #1,690 | 199 | #543 |
| 1964 | 29 | #2,252 | 230 | #513 |
| 1963 | 46 | #1,684 | 330 | #439 |
| 1962 | 41 | #1,785 | 306 | #456 |
| 1961 | 39 | #1,840 | 237 | #516 |
| 1960 | 35 | #1,931 | 250 | #499 |
| 1959 | 31 | #2,023 | 233 | #515 |
| 1958 | 23 | #2,383 | 219 | #519 |
| 1957 | 20 | #2,568 | 236 | #505 |
| 1956 | 28 | #2,060 | 229 | #501 |
| 1955 | 27 | #2,066 | 231 | #483 |
| 1954 | 24 | #2,189 | 274 | #437 |
| 1953 | 31 | #1,786 | 268 | #434 |
| 1952 | 25 | #2,028 | 219 | #468 |
| 1951 | 17 | #2,483 | 197 | #481 |
| 1950 | 23 | #2,008 | 144 | #563 |
| 1949 | 12 | #3,016 | 95 | #702 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,155 | 114 | #634 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,919 | 97 | #702 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,697 | 80 | #730 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,420 | 84 | #657 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,108 | 71 | #735 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,524 | 117 | #588 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,477 | 88 | #683 |
| 1941 | — | — | 54 | #859 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,242 | 48 | #920 |
| 1939 | — | — | 51 | #858 |
| 1938 | — | — | 69 | #737 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,175 | 47 | #907 |
| 1936 | — | — | 50 | #862 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,284 | 63 | #779 |
| 1934 | — | — | 66 | #752 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,292 | 77 | #669 |
| 1932 | — | — | 57 | #844 |
| 1931 | — | — | 72 | #720 |
| 1930 | — | — | 77 | #712 |
| 1929 | — | — | 75 | #721 |
| 1928 | — | — | 73 | #753 |
| 1927 | — | — | 73 | #766 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,373 | 86 | #684 |
| 1925 | — | — | 90 | #671 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,050 | 77 | #760 |
| 1923 | — | — | 71 | #786 |
| 1922 | — | — | 76 | #760 |
| 1921 | — | — | 81 | #733 |
| 1920 | — | — | 81 | #721 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,316 | 79 | #705 |
| 1918 | — | — | 78 | #723 |
| 1917 | — | — | 73 | #717 |
| 1916 | — | — | 67 | #745 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,361 | 69 | #706 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,242 | 43 | #802 |
| 1913 | — | — | 31 | #876 |
| 1912 | — | — | 26 | #880 |
| 1911 | — | — | 15 | #862 |
| 1910 | — | — | 10 | #1,050 |
| 1909 | — | — | 5 | #1,475 |
| 1908 | — | — | 16 | #658 |
| 1907 | — | — | 7 | #1,110 |
| 1906 | — | — | 13 | #679 |
| 1905 | — | — | 7 | #1,013 |
| 1904 | — | — | 7 | #977 |
| 1902 | — | — | 10 | #753 |
| 1901 | — | — | 6 | #964 |
| 1900 | — | — | 10 | #846 |
| 1897 | — | — | 5 | #1,082 |
| 1896 | — | — | 11 | #676 |
| 1895 | — | — | 7 | #885 |
| 1894 | — | — | 6 | #970 |
| 1893 | — | — | 9 | #711 |
| 1892 | — | — | 8 | #804 |
| 1891 | — | — | 10 | #606 |
| 1889 | — | — | 7 | #805 |
| 1888 | — | — | 11 | #618 |
| 1887 | — | — | 5 | #944 |
| 1885 | — | — | 5 | #952 |
| 1884 | — | — | 5 | #987 |
| 1883 | — | — | 5 | #908 |
| 1881 | — | — | 5 | #882 |
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).