Blair
Meaning
place name, "field, plain"
The story
Blair is a Scottish field, flat and open, and its American record is a rare thing: three separate television eras wearing one name. At midcentury it leaned male, about 2,500 to 2,700 a decade in the 1950s and 1960s, mostly boys. The 1980s belonged to a girls' school heiress on The Facts of Life, and the decade's count jumped to 6,600, the girls' era begun. The 2010s belonged to Gossip Girl's queen bee, and the climb resumed to 5,500. This decade stands at 8,000 already, past the full 2010s, and about 7,600 of them are girls, ninety-five percent. Decade buckets point, they do not convict, but three eras in a row is a pattern. In our records the all-time split runs about 23,300 girls to 15,000 boys. The field stays open; who walks across it keeps changing.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Blair peaked in the 2020s.
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Popularity in Brazil
101 people · the #41,030 first name in Brazil · median age 57
Among people named Blair living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1950s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Blair
Most people given the name Blair in the United States were born between 1980 and 2019. The Blair you meet today is most often in their 20s or 30s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Blair deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Blair truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Blair fits with your family’s names and surname.
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