girls:
1.4k births since 1916
#4352 (24th percentile)
boys:
1.7k births since 1914
#3026 (34th percentile)
overall:
3k births since 1914
#4924 (36th percentile)
The name Adair is the #4,924 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,045 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 36.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 36.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,026 (34.0% percentile) for all time with 1,671 births since 1914. For girls, it ranks #4,352 (23.8% percentile) for all time with 1,374 births since 1916.
Adair first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (1914 for boys and 1916 for girls). Birth data for Adair is available in 107 out of the 110 years between 1914 and 2023 (100 years for girls and 69 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Adair is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 74.4% of babies named Adair were boys.
For boys, Adair reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 10.8% percentile (ranked #788) with 45 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 45 births per million (ranked 10.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Adair ranks #852 for boys (6.5% percentile) with 35 births per million, which is 77.4% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Adair reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #937) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 18 births per million (ranked 3.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Adair ranks #930 for girls (1.8% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 70.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Adair".
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