NameTides

Blair

Blair was the #169 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,806 babies), and #551 in England & Wales and #323 in Canada.

Blair as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Blair as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandUSNorthern IrelandCanadaIrelandEngland & Wales
Blair as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#169 (1,806)#551 (72)#151 (28)#290 (5)#325 (12)#323 (97)
2024#218 (1,415)#603 (65)#176 (23)#337 (4)#372 (10)#268 (113)
2023#242 (1,264)#706 (51)#223 (18)#328 (4)#445 (8)#335 (88)
2022#282 (1,122)#1,023 (33)#215 (19)—#559 (6)#347 (86)
2021#316 (1,025)#767 (48)#164 (26)#298 (5)#586 (6)#416 (75)
2020#335 (925)#1,238 (26)#229 (16)—#834 (3)#334 (94)
2019#402 (771)#1,497 (20)#216 (19)#424 (3)#871 (3)#437 (75)
2018#433 (729)#1,343 (24)#301 (12)——#503 (62)
2017#511 (614)#1,628 (19)#501 (6)—#734 (4)#454 (72)
2016#521 (597)#2,367 (11)#276 (15)—#868 (3)#617 (49)
2015#606 (484)#2,195 (12)#416 (8)——#559 (54)
2014#649 (440)—#430 (8)——#719 (39)
2013#719 (383)#4,739 (4)#816 (3)——#822 (33)
2012#872 (305)#3,681 (6)#525 (6)——#931 (28)
2011#979 (262)#5,785 (3)#579 (5)——#1,305 (18)

Blair as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Canada
Blair as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandCanadaEngland & WalesUS
Blair as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandCanada
2025#2,091 (70)#1,307 (21)#62 (74)#344 (4)#1,207 (20)
2024#2,169 (67)#1,758 (14)#59 (83)—#1,432 (15)
2023#1,851 (86)#2,008 (11)#63 (80)#395 (3)#1,115 (20)
2022#1,917 (81)#2,756 (7)#75 (71)—#1,027 (22)
2021#2,300 (60)#2,493 (8)#70 (81)—#1,761 (10)
2020#2,586 (49)#2,404 (8)#85 (67)—#925 (25)
2019#2,150 (66)#2,488 (8)#66 (91)—#1,065 (20)
2018#2,385 (55)#2,259 (9)#73 (93)—#964 (23)
2017#1,918 (75)#2,734 (7)#77 (81)#415 (3)#971 (23)
2016#1,799 (84)#3,079 (6)#81 (83)#421 (3)#1,000 (22)
2015#2,036 (70)#2,020 (11)#79 (85)—#898 (25)
2014#1,959 (73)#3,362 (5)#88 (80)—#1,152 (17)
2013#2,205 (59)#1,920 (11)#78 (91)—#1,109 (18)
2012#2,104 (64)#2,458 (8)#70 (102)#403 (3)#966 (22)
2011#1,866 (75)#2,390 (8)#84 (83)#375 (3)#1,076 (19)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #169.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1914.

How common is it?

about 1 in 890 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 890common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,500uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 640common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 24,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 13,000rare
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 270common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Blair is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 820 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 740 to 1 in 900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Blair by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #96MEWisconsin: #159WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #174NHWashington: #239WAIdaho: #112IDMontana: #208MTNorth Dakota: #141NDMinnesota: #105MNIllinois: #157ILMichigan: #118MINew York: #267NYMassachusetts: #196MAOregon: #223ORNevada: #235NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #73SDIowa: #74IAIndiana: #104INOhio: #155OHPennsylvania: #143PANew Jersey: #276NJConnecticut: #162CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #289CAUtah: #107UTColorado: #270CONebraska: #120NEMissouri: #90MOKentucky: #133KYWest Virginia: #116WVVirginia: #137VAMaryland: #253MDDelaware: #115DEArizona: #230AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #136KSArkansas: #198ARTennessee: #163TNNorth Carolina: #178NCSouth Carolina: #95SCDistrict of Columbia: #150DCOklahoma: #143OKLouisiana: #95LAMississippi: #151MSAlabama: #190ALGeorgia: #158GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #155TXFlorida: #174FL
Blair (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#20059

Blair (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BlairCanadaGirls#32397
BlairCanadaBoys#1,20720
BlairEngland & WalesGirls#55172
BlairEngland & WalesBoys#1,30721
BlairIrelandGirls#32512
BlairNorthern IrelandGirls#2905
BlairNorthern IrelandBoys#3444
BlairScotlandGirls#15128
BlairScotlandBoys#6274
BlairUSGirls#1691,806
BlairUSBoys#2,09170