How common is the last name Blair?

75,384 people in the United States have the last name Blair, about 1 in 3,965. It ranks #428 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

BLAIR

#428

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
75,384
About
1 in 3,965
This common or more
30.3%
Who bears it

Of the 75,384 people with the last name Blair, 76.3% reported their origin as White, 14.6% as Black and 4.4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Blair

#426 Sharp · 75,463#427 Robbins · 75,400#429 Quinn · 75,251#430 Barber · 75,161

Spelled almost the same

One last name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Blair, most common first.

#71,297 Blaire · 295

Also a first name

As a first name, Blair ranks #1,362 of 53,615, with 26,145 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2025, with 1,876 births. See Blair as a first name

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