Blaire
- Pronunciation
- [Blaire]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Field Of Battle.
- Origin
- Scottish
About the Name Blaire
Blaire is a variant spelling of Blair, a Scottish Gaelic surname and place-name derived from blàr, meaning a plain, field, or level open ground — and in a more martial reading, a field of battle. The name reflects the Scottish topographic naming tradition, where landscape features gave rise to the surnames of families who lived near them. Blair has long been used as both a given name and a surname across Scotland, and its transfer into feminine given-name use in the United States followed the broader 1990s–2000s trend of Scottish and Celtic surname names crossing over as first names for girls. The -e suffix in Blaire adds a slightly softer visual finish to the otherwise crisply consonant original.
Blaire first entered the US Social Security top-1000 for girls in 2016 and has climbed continuously, reaching its all-time best rank of #446 in 2024 with 697 births — a name still in active ascent rather than decline. Earlier recent figures confirm the trajectory: 587 births at #517 in 2023 and 542 births at #561 in 2022. Total top-1000 births across its nine-year run stand at 4,004, with the concentration in the most recent years reflecting an accelerating adoption rate.
Blaire's appeal is its clean, one-syllable-plus-final-vowel structure — the -e makes it read as slightly more feminine than the androgynous Blair while keeping the name's Scottish directness intact. It fits naturally among the confident, heritage-surname names that have dominated girls' charts in the 2010s and 2020s. No other spelling variants are currently recorded as common alternatives.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Blaire
US Popularity History (2016–2025)
Annual US births named Blaire by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2025 with 802 girls named Blaire (girl rank #384 that year).
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Blaire Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Blaire the strongest states are North Dakota, West Virginia, Iowa.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Dakota | #180 | 17 |
| 2 | West Virginia | #282 | 30 |
| 3 | Iowa | #296 | 113 |
| 4 | Arkansas | #355 | 62 |
| 5 | Louisiana | #392 | 121 |
| 6 | Kansas | #400 | 43 |
| 7 | Nebraska | #400 | 16 |
| 8 | Utah | #421 | 86 |
| 9 | Missouri | #425 | 142 |
| 10 | Mississippi | #428 | 43 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Jersey | #975 | 21 |
| 2 | Arizona | #729 | 65 |
| 3 | Virginia | #728 | 98 |
| 4 | Tennessee | #713 | 77 |
| 5 | Florida | #703 | 121 |
| 6 | Colorado | #680 | 40 |
| 7 | Texas | #671 | 419 |
| 8 | Massachusetts | #669 | 27 |
| 9 | Alabama | #668 | 55 |
| 10 | Washington | #625 | 89 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Blaire in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Compare Blaire to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Blaire against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).