Blair
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Blair
In the USA, Blair is gaining momentum, rising quickly for the last 10 years and likely to continue to climb. In England and Wales, where Blair has political connotations – calling to mind former prime minister Tony Blair – it is much less common, although it is in use for boys in its native Scotland.
Blair for girls#169 US
Blair has a chic and tailored feel in line with other trending gender-neutral one-syllable girl names like Sloane, Quinn, Sage, and Reese. A notable pop culture namesake in recent years is Leighton Meester's upper-crusty character in Gossip Girls.
Blair was first popularized as a girl's name in the 80s, cracking the Top 500 for a few years before falling off again. Blair re-entered the charts in 2011 and has been rising since. Blair has a longer history as a boy's name, with consistent use as early as the 1800s, and the name stayed on the charts until the mid 90s.
Blair for boys#2094 US
One of the first generation of cool surname names, now largely used for girls in the US, but still popular for boys in its native Scotland. A prominent association for Brits is former prime minister Tony Blair, who was leader at the time of the Iraq War.
Pronounced BLAIR.
As of October 2026, Blair ranked #169 in US births in 2025 SSA, Nameberry popularity #135.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #649 | 440 | #1,961 | 73 |
| 2015 | #605 | 484 | #2,036 | 70 |
| 2016 | #521 | 597 | #1,798 | 84 |
| 2017 | #511 | 614 | #1,921 | 75 |
| 2018 | #433 | 729 | #2,392 | 55 |
| 2019 | #402 | 771 | #2,149 | 66 |
| 2020 | #335 | 925 | #2,589 | 49 |
| 2021 | #316 | 1,025 | #2,301 | 60 |
| 2022 | #283 | 1,122 | #1,917 | 81 |
| 2023 | #242 | 1,264 | #1,848 | 86 |
| 2024 | #218 | 1,412 | #2,166 | 67 |
| 2025 | #169 | 1,806 | #2,094 | 70 |
World rankings
Blair for boys
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- Blair ButlerGirl
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- Blair Catherine EvansGirl
Australian Olympic swimmer
- Blair ChenowethGirl
Miss Alaska USA 2007
- Blair Imani (born Blair Elizabeth Brown)Girl
American civil rights activist
- Blair St. ClairGirl
stage name of Andrew Bryson, American drag queen
- Blair CruikshankGirl
daughter of speedskaters Bonnie Blair and Dave Cruikshank
- Blair MoonGirl
daughter of NFL player Warren Moon
- Blair Erwin UnderwoodBoy
American actor
- Blair DunlopBoy
English actor and musician
- (David) Blair RedfordBoy
American actor
- (Francis Preston) Blair Lee IIIBoy
former Acting Governor of Maryland
- Blair Richard WalshBoy
American football player
- (Andrew) Blair TukeBoy
New Zealand Olympic sailor
- Blair HullBoy
American businessman and politician
- Blair MilanBoy
Australian actor
- Blair McDonoughBoy
Australian actor
- Blair Armstrong KielBoy
American NFL football player
- Blair James H. HornBoy
Canadian rower
- Blair Lyndon JoscelyneBoy
Australian TV and film composer
- Blair MacKichanBoy
English actor and musician
- Charlton Blair Adams (b. 2014)Boy
son of TV journalist Amelia Adams
- Eric Arthur BlairBoy
birth name of George Orwell
Blair in pop culture
- Blair Cornelia WaldorfGirl
main character in the Gossip Girl series
- Blair WarnerGirl
a character on TV's "The Facts of Life"
- Blair CramerGirl
character on American soap "One Life to Live"
- BlairGirl
princess in Barbie animated film "12 Dancing Princesses"
- Blair WilliamsGirl
character in film "Terminator Salvation"
- Blair KrankGirl
character in the film, "Christmas With the Kranks"
- Blair WillowsGirl
main character in animated film "Barbie Princess Charm School"
- Blair WainwrightGirl
character in "The Sims 3" computer game
- Blair DameGirl
character in the video game Street Fighter EX
- BlairGirl
magical cat on manga/anime "Soul Eater"
- BlairGirl
character in animated series "Sunny Day"
- "The Blair Witch ProjectGirl
" film series
- Blair WaterGirl
fictional town and lake in LM Montgomery's 'Emily of New Moon' trilogy
- Blair WarnerGirl
character in TV series "The Facts of Life"
- “The Blair Bitch Project”Girl
episode in series “Gossip Girl”
- Dr. BlairBoy
character in "The Thing" series
- Blair Seward Tolliver IIBoy
baby in film "The Other Woman"
- "The Blair Witch ProjectBoy
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