Is Blair a boy or girl name?
Blair is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 1,412 girls and 67 boys were named Blair, so 95.5% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 59% of the 36,398 US babies named Blair were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #2,166
- Girl rank, 2024
- #218
- Babies named Blair since 1881
- 36,398
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 1,479 babies
Boys and girls named Blair, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 43 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 56 | 0 | 0% |
| 1900s | 81 | 0 | 0% |
| 1910s | 491 | 17 | 3.3% |
| 1920s | 783 | 13 | 1.6% |
| 1930s | 629 | 18 | 2.8% |
| 1940s | 848 | 82 | 8.8% |
| 1950s | 2,249 | 249 | 10% |
| 1960s | 2,365 | 369 | 13.5% |
| 1970s | 1,689 | 415 | 19.7% |
| 1980s | 2,182 | 4,406 | 66.9% |
| 1990s | 1,758 | 3,562 | 67% |
| 2000s | 731 | 1,771 | 70.8% |
| 2010s | 691 | 4,809 | 87.4% |
| 2020s | 343 | 5,748 | 94.4% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 67 | #2,166 | 1,412 | #218 |
| 2023 | 86 | #1,848 | 1,264 | #242 |
| 2022 | 81 | #1,917 | 1,122 | #283 |
| 2021 | 60 | #2,301 | 1,025 | #316 |
| 2020 | 49 | #2,589 | 925 | #335 |
| 2019 | 66 | #2,149 | 771 | #402 |
| 2018 | 55 | #2,392 | 729 | #433 |
| 2017 | 75 | #1,921 | 614 | #511 |
| 2016 | 84 | #1,798 | 597 | #521 |
| 2015 | 70 | #2,036 | 484 | #605 |
| 2014 | 73 | #1,961 | 440 | #649 |
| 2013 | 59 | #2,210 | 383 | #720 |
| 2012 | 64 | #2,105 | 305 | #874 |
| 2011 | 75 | #1,869 | 262 | #978 |
| 2010 | 70 | #1,976 | 224 | #1,105 |
| 2009 | 48 | #2,589 | 230 | #1,107 |
| 2008 | 70 | #2,006 | 194 | #1,281 |
| 2007 | 58 | #2,259 | 187 | #1,303 |
| 2006 | 93 | #1,575 | 157 | #1,436 |
| 2005 | 44 | #2,531 | 164 | #1,335 |
| 2004 | 85 | #1,557 | 153 | #1,370 |
| 2003 | 68 | #1,766 | 148 | #1,366 |
| 2002 | 70 | #1,683 | 166 | #1,213 |
| 2001 | 87 | #1,431 | 154 | #1,278 |
| 2000 | 108 | #1,236 | 218 | #971 |
| 1999 | 91 | #1,320 | 241 | #887 |
| 1998 | 128 | #1,050 | 257 | #827 |
| 1997 | 115 | #1,098 | 304 | #705 |
| 1996 | 118 | #1,037 | 334 | #666 |
| 1995 | 137 | #949 | 338 | #641 |
| 1994 | 161 | #846 | 332 | #648 |
| 1993 | 185 | #770 | 360 | #627 |
| 1992 | 252 | #651 | 457 | #520 |
| 1991 | 267 | #624 | 438 | #532 |
| 1990 | 304 | #580 | 501 | #485 |
| 1989 | 246 | #637 | 490 | #481 |
| 1988 | 204 | #660 | 547 | #424 |
| 1987 | 156 | #730 | 443 | #488 |
| 1986 | 193 | #644 | 495 | #433 |
| 1985 | 180 | #653 | 513 | #430 |
| 1984 | 218 | #574 | 482 | #435 |
| 1983 | 237 | #546 | 411 | #479 |
| 1982 | 228 | #567 | 483 | #445 |
| 1981 | 281 | #501 | 372 | #524 |
| 1980 | 239 | #555 | 170 | #893 |
| 1979 | 241 | #553 | 88 | #1,396 |
| 1978 | 211 | #579 | 59 | #1,749 |
| 1977 | 193 | #606 | 41 | #2,220 |
| 1976 | 165 | #639 | 42 | #2,064 |
| 1975 | 150 | #673 | 33 | #2,414 |
| 1974 | 143 | #684 | 34 | #2,298 |
| 1973 | 122 | #727 | 29 | #2,511 |
| 1972 | 131 | #703 | 27 | #2,606 |
| 1971 | 151 | #673 | 32 | #2,381 |
| 1970 | 182 | #601 | 30 | #2,454 |
| 1969 | 181 | #580 | 26 | #2,593 |
| 1968 | 214 | #516 | 26 | #2,434 |
| 1967 | 202 | #524 | 42 | #1,785 |
| 1966 | 215 | #516 | 41 | #1,767 |
| 1965 | 200 | #540 | 44 | #1,690 |
| 1964 | 229 | #515 | 29 | #2,252 |
| 1963 | 330 | #439 | 46 | #1,685 |
| 1962 | 306 | #456 | 41 | #1,785 |
| 1961 | 237 | #516 | 39 | #1,840 |
| 1960 | 251 | #497 | 35 | #1,931 |
| 1959 | 232 | #515 | 31 | #2,023 |
| 1958 | 219 | #519 | 23 | #2,383 |
| 1957 | 236 | #505 | 20 | #2,569 |
| 1956 | 229 | #501 | 28 | #2,060 |
| 1955 | 231 | #483 | 27 | #2,066 |
| 1954 | 274 | #437 | 24 | #2,189 |
| 1953 | 268 | #434 | 31 | #1,786 |
| 1952 | 219 | #468 | 25 | #2,028 |
| 1951 | 197 | #481 | 17 | #2,483 |
| 1950 | 144 | #563 | 23 | #2,008 |
| 1949 | 95 | #702 | 12 | #3,016 |
| 1948 | 114 | #634 | 11 | #3,155 |
| 1947 | 97 | #702 | 13 | #2,919 |
| 1946 | 80 | #730 | 8 | #3,697 |
| 1945 | 84 | #657 | 8 | #3,420 |
| 1944 | 71 | #735 | 6 | #4,108 |
| 1943 | 117 | #588 | 8 | #3,524 |
| 1942 | 88 | #683 | 8 | #3,476 |
| 1941 | 54 | #858 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 48 | #920 | 8 | #3,242 |
| 1939 | 51 | #858 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 69 | #737 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 47 | #907 | 8 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 50 | #863 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 63 | #779 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1934 | 66 | #752 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 77 | #669 | 5 | #4,292 |
| 1932 | 57 | #844 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 72 | #720 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 77 | #712 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 75 | #721 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 73 | #753 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 73 | #766 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 86 | #684 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1925 | 90 | #671 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 77 | #760 | 7 | #4,050 |
| 1923 | 71 | #786 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 76 | #760 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 81 | #733 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 81 | #721 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 79 | #705 | 6 | #4,316 |
| 1918 | 78 | #723 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 73 | #717 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 67 | #745 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 69 | #706 | 5 | #4,361 |
| 1914 | 43 | #802 | 6 | #3,242 |
| 1913 | 31 | #876 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 26 | #880 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 15 | #862 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,050 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,475 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 16 | #658 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,110 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 13 | #679 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,013 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 7 | #977 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 10 | #753 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 6 | #964 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 10 | #846 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,082 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 11 | #676 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 7 | #885 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 6 | #970 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 9 | #711 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 8 | #804 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 10 | #606 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 7 | #805 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 11 | #618 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 5 | #944 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 5 | #952 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 5 | #987 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 5 | #908 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #882 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Blair reached #434 in 1953. As a girl name, it reached #218 in 2024. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 2020s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Blair
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.