Blair
Masculine · “plain”
Blair is given to both — 15,009 boys and 23,267 girls since 1880. See Blair as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Blair is a plain or a field in Gaelic — blàr — and the word also means a battlefield, because that is where battles were fought.
How old is the name Blair?
Blair first appears in US birth records in 1881 — 144 years ago. The typical Blair alive today was born around 1969, making them about 56 years old. About 11,000 people named Blair are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Blair most popular?
Blair peaked in 1953, reaching #434 nationally. Today it ranks #2091, 1,657 places below that high. See the whole 1953 chart.
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Where it comes from
From blàr to Blair
The story of Blair
Blàr names a flat open place and, by extension, the battle fought on it — Blàr Chùil Lodair is Culloden. Blair Atholl and Blairgowrie are among many Scottish places carrying it. The surname produced a given name used for both sexes, more often masculine in Scotland. It appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
plain, field; battlefield
From the Scottish Gaelic blàr, 'plain', 'field' or 'battlefield' — the senses are the same word, since a level field is where an army forms up. Many Scottish places are Blair. The Gaelic is ordinary and the double sense documented.
How the name formed
- blàr
- Blair
Related forms: Blàr · Blaire
Pronouncing Blair
BLAIR
One syllable. Gaelic blàr is BLAHR with a different vowel.
Nicknames for Blair
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1881
- Most boys named
- 1963330 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #434reached in 1953
- Change vs 2022
- −13.6%70 in 2025, from 81
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Blair in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Blàr in Scottish Gaelic — related form
- Blaire in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Pennsylvania, Texas, Maryland. International figures from National Records of Scotland. Sources
Blairs among us
people named Blair are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 24,401 born in 2025 was named Blair
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Jewell test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Blair's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jewell climbed just as high around 1904, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jewell's path sketches the road Blair is walking now.
Blair sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Blair is headed
Blair should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Blair beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Blair in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That a field and a battlefield are the same Gaelic word is a first-rate detail.
- The meaning is concrete and belongs to many real Scottish places.
- One syllable, clean, and never mispronounced.
- In America it reads as more feminine than masculine.
- It reads as a surname to many English speakers.
- Blair and Blaire are both in circulation.
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Masculine · #2091 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Blairs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 11,000 people named Blair are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Blair in 2025?
- Blair ranks #2091 among US boy names in 2025, with 70 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Blair?
- About 1 in every 24,401 US boys born in 2025 was named Blair — 70 in all.
- Will my child share the name Blair with classmates?
- Blair will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Blair
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US figures from the Social Security Administration; international figures from national statistics agencies. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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