How rare is the name Blaire?

4,400 people in the United States have the first name Blaire, about 1 in 68,644. It ranks #4,310 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

BLAIRE

#4,310

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,400
About
1 in 68,644
This common or more
83.9%
Who bears it

Of the 4,400 people named Blaire, 77.9% reported their origin as White, 10.9% as Black and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino. 96.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Blaire peaked in 2025, when 809 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19562025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
809
In 2025*
809
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 8,070 babies have been given the name since 1956. 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.

Blaire by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,024. The largest share of babies named Blaire, 67.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#12,55611
1960s#9,92039
1970s#9,74175
1980s#2,477806
1990s#2,964854
2000s#5,367501
2010s#2,0502,218
2020s#1,0243,566
Baby boom 1946–640.3%
Generation X 1965–801.8%
Millennials 1981–9617.6%
Generation Z 1997–1212.9%
2013 and later67.4%

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 Blaire is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Blaire has been most common in Louisiana (3.2×), Utah (2.3×), and Iowa (1.9×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.23×).

5,786 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.

Exactly as common as Blaire

1 other first name also has 4,400 people.

#4,310 Anish · 4,400

Either side of Blaire

#4,309 Jonatan · 4,401#4,310 Anish · 4,400#4,312 Elora · 4,399#4,313 Janey · 4,394

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Blaire, most common first.

#1,362 Blair · 26,145#39,013 Blayre · 195#52,900 Blare · 104

Also a last name

As a last name, Blaire ranks #71,297 of 156,621, with 295 people. See Blaire as a last name

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