girls:
20k births since 1914
#1033 (82nd percentile)
boys:
14.9k births since 1881
#960 (79th percentile)
overall:
34.9k births since 1881
#1342 (83rd percentile)
The name Blair is the #1,342 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 34,912 recorded births since 1881. This represents the 82.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 82.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,033 (81.9% percentile) for all time with 20,042 births since 1914. For boys, it ranks #960 (79.1% percentile) for all time with 14,870 births since 1881.
Blair first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1881 (1881 for boys and 1914 for girls). Birth data for Blair is available in 137 out of the 143 years between 1881 and 2023 (137 years for boys and 91 years for girls). 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 Blair has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (57.4% of all recorded births). In 2023, 93.8% of babies named Blair were girls. Interestingly, until around 1983, the name was more popular for boys (82.0% boys from 1881 to 1982), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (78.5% girls from 1983 to 2023).
For girls, Blair reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 76.0% percentile (ranked #228) with 722 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 722 births per million (ranked 76.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2006, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Blair is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #228 (76.0% percentile) with 722 births per million.
For boys, Blair reached its peak popularity in 1963, achieving the 38.5% percentile (ranked #398) with 160 births per million. The name was most common in 1963, with 160 births per million (ranked 38.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Blair ranks #832 for boys (8.7% percentile) with 46 births per million, which is 28.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Blair".
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