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Blair Name Meaning, Origins & History

Blair

Pronunciation: BLAIR

Meaning A plain Origin Scottish Gaelic Gender Unisex
GIRLS RANK
#169
TREND
49
BOYS RANK
#2,094
TREND
72
Peak Years
2025, 2024, 2023
Lowest Years
1935, 1915, 1933
Energy Archetype
Emotional & Intuitive

Rank shows the name’s position among U.S. baby names for each gender in 2025. Trend shows how many places it rose or fell since 2024. Rank 1 is the most popular. Based on U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) data. Peak and lowest years are based on the number of girls named Blair in the available records.

Fun Facts About the Name Blair

  • More than 38 thousand babies named Blair: U.S. records list 38,274 babies given the name Blair from 1880 through 2025. Of these, 15,009 boys received the name Blair - about 1 boy for every 2 girls.

What Does the Name Blair Mean?

Blair is a Scottish name meaning "plain," "field," or "battlefield," from Scottish Gaelic blàr. The Gaelic word can describe any level, open stretch of ground as well as a site of battle. The name began as a surname taken from Scottish places named Blair, so its basic sense is "one from the plain" - a description of where a person lived rather than a comment on war.

Blair Name History & Origins

Blair is a Scottish surname that later became a given name. It comes from one or more of the places in Scotland called Blair, among them Blair in Ayrshire and Blair Atholl in Perthshire, the site of Blair Castle; each was named with the Gaelic element blàr. Following the medieval Scottish practice of taking a surname from one's land, people "of Blair" passed the name down through their families, and it has been established in Scotland since the medieval period. Scottish settlement in Ulster carried the surname to Ireland as well.

From the surname came the given name, at first in Scotland, where it was used for boys in the same way that other surnames became first names. In the United States it is also well established as a feminine given name. Among notable bearers are Tony Blair, the British prime minister, and John Blair Jr., an early justice of the United States Supreme Court. In fiction, the name appears as Blair Warner in the television series The Facts of Life and as Blair Waldorf in the Gossip Girl books and television series.

How Popular is the Name Blair?

Blair recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2025. Its best rank was #169 in 2025.

U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.

Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.

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How the Name Blair Shapes Your Personality and Life?

You can go to great heights and equally great depths. You are emotional and fixed in your opinions. You are hospitable, sentimental, often psychic, sometimes moody. You are ruled by love and the lack of it and feel a need to be encouraged and appreciated. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.

You find the best contentment in life when you own your own home and provide well for your family and loved ones. You have a great sense of responsibility and duty. You are comforting, appreciative and affectionate. Your obligation in life is to hold justice and truth, and if you follow the Law, you can find the great happiness and satisfaction.

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