Blaire
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Meaning
modern English variant of Blair, from a Scottish surname meaning 'plain, field, battlefield'
Say it: BLAIR
The story
Blaire is a modern English variant of Blair, a Scottish surname drawn from place names whose Gaelic root means plain, field or battlefield. The older spelling has a mixed US record, about 23,300 girls and 15,000 boys. Blaire's record is much more female: about 8,000 girls and 110 boys across the published series. The final e left no note explaining itself; the record shows the difference, not its reason. The decade totals form two distinct rises: about 800 in both the 1980s and 1990s, 500 in the 2000s, 2,200 in the 2010s and already 3,570 so far this decade. The current partial decade is above the complete 2010s. Blair and Blaire now sit beside each other as two records, one old surname spelling and one newer variant with a different gender balance.
How popular is Blaire around the world?
In the United States, 3,566 babies were named Blaire between 2020 and 2025. In Scotland, 15 girls named Blaire were registered in 2024, the 244th most common name among girls that year.
Blaire is on the official records of the United States, Scotland, Canada and England and Wales.
United States
1 in 6,100
In the United States, 3,566 babies were named Blaire between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Blaire peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Scotland
1 in 3,100
In Scotland, 15 girls named Blaire were registered in 2024, the 244th most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names
Canada
1 in 5,300
In Canada, 69 girls named Blaire were born in 2024, the 430th most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
England and Wales
1 in 29,000
In England and Wales, 20 girls named Blaire were born in 2025, ranked 1,512th among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
South Australia
last on record 2016
Blaire is not on the 2017 record for South Australia, whose registry publishes every name given that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Ireland, New Zealand and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Blaire
Most people given the name Blaire in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Blaire deep dive
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