Blaire
Blair is a Scots-English-language name of Scottish Gaelic origin.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Blaire
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Blair is a Scots-English-language name of Scottish Gaelic origin.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Blaire
Blaire first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1956, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2026: 736 births, good for #418 nationwide. About 48% of every Blaire on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Blaire ranks #418 for baby girls with 736 births, rising sharply (+73% over the past five years). All told, over 9K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Blaire
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Blaire. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Blaire
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Blair Adams (born 1991), English football player
- Blair Bann (born 1988), Canadian volleyball player
- Blair Brown (born 1946), American actress
- Blair Brown (American football) (born 1994), American football player
- Blair Butler (born 1978), American stand-up comedian
- Blair Chenoweth, winner of the 2003 Miss Alaska pageant and the 2007 Miss Alaska USA pageant
- Blair Dunlop (born 1992), English musician and actor
- Blair Effron (born 1962), American financier and co-founder of Centerview Partners
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Names that sound like Blaire
Phonetically similar names — useful when Blaire is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Blaire
Blaire is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1956 and has accumulated 9K births in the dataset. Blaire's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #418. Use the chart and map above to compare Blaire's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.