NameTides

Jair

Jair was the #1,193 boys' name in the US in 2025 (170 babies), and #4,275 in England & Wales.

Jair as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Jair as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Jair as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & Wales
2025#1,193 (170)#4,275 (4)
2024#1,172 (177)#3,689 (5)
2023#1,047 (208)—
2022#1,103 (194)—
2021#949 (238)#4,789 (3)
2020#902 (249)#3,848 (4)
2019#989 (214)—
2018#1,029 (198)—
2017#1,090 (179)—
2016#942 (222)—
2015#1,019 (199)—
2014#994 (208)—
2013#820 (264)—
2012#1,017 (192)—
2011#849 (251)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2003 at #506.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1971.

How common is it?

about 1 in 10,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 10,000uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 67,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Jair is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 11,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 9,400 to 1 in 13,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jair by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #805ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #914NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,094PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,011CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,277NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #990GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #749TXFlorida: #846FL
Jair (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500