first name
BLAIR
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 26,145 people named Blair, 81% reported their origin as White, 10.1% as Black and 3.7% as two or more races. 57.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Blair peaked in 2025, when 1,876 babies got the name.
At least 38,276 babies have been given the name since 1881. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Blair by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #499. The largest share of babies named Blair, 32.6%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Blair is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Blair has been most common in Utah (2.4×), Louisiana (2.2×), and Idaho (1.7×), and least common in Maine (0.23×).
29,830 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Blair, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Blair ranks #428 of 156,621, with 75,384 people. See Blair as a last name
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