Adair
#5,410 for girls in 2025, 23 births · #2,145 for boys in 2025, 67 births
Given to boys 55.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2007 · 100 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,797since 1914
Adair over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,410 | 23 | #2,145 | 67 |
| 2024 | #5,615 | 22 | #2,370 | 59 |
| 2023 | #5,549 | 22 | #2,221 | 64 |
| 2022 | #6,229 | 19 | #2,793 | 46 |
| 2021 | #6,414 | 18 | #3,362 | 34 |
| 2020 | #7,212 | 15 | #4,540 | 21 |
| 2019 | #4,546 | 30 | #3,347 | 34 |
| 2018 | #6,792 | 17 | #4,476 | 22 |
| 2017 | #5,517 | 23 | #2,597 | 48 |
| 2016 | #6,186 | 20 | #3,358 | 33 |
| 2015 | #6,236 | 20 | #2,328 | 56 |
| 2014 | #4,178 | 35 | #3,297 | 33 |
| 2013 | #4,543 | 31 | #2,594 | 46 |
| 2012 | #5,710 | 23 | #2,066 | 66 |
| 2011 | #5,543 | 24 | #1,656 | 91 |
| 2010 | #5,977 | 22 | #2,037 | 67 |
| 2009 | #6,544 | 20 | #1,688 | 93 |
| 2008 | #7,073 | 18 | #2,140 | 63 |
| 2007 | #6,552 | 20 | #1,562 | 100 |
| 2006 | #7,868 | 15 | #1,769 | 78 |
| 2005 | #7,138 | 16 | #1,801 | 72 |
| 2004 | #7,077 | 16 | #1,671 | 77 |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 | #1,815 | 65 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 | #2,556 | 38 |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 | #3,228 | 27 |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 | #2,864 | 31 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | #2,560 | 34 |
| 1998 | #6,073 | 16 | #3,296 | 23 |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | #3,877 | 17 |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 | #4,396 | 14 |
| 1995 | #3,878 | 27 | #4,052 | 15 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 | #4,447 | 13 |
| 1992 | #5,267 | 18 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,694 | 20 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 | #4,271 | 12 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #3,743 | 23 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,757 | 22 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #3,730 | 22 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | — | |
| 1979 | — | #4,842 | 7 | |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | — | |
| 1973 | — | #4,054 | 7 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,266 | 15 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,864 | 19 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,539 | 23 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,318 | 15 | — | |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 | — | |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,651 | 19 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,095 | 14 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,106 | 13 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #2,806 | 15 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,391 | 18 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #2,726 | 14 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,880 | 12 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,401 | 14 | — | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | — | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,592 | 11 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 | — | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 | — | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | — | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | #3,076 | 8 |
| 1927 | #2,859 | 11 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,514 | 14 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | #3,115 | 8 |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 | #3,368 | 7 |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 | #2,732 | 9 |
| 1916 | #2,833 | 10 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | — | #3,392 | 6 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,651 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Adair! It came in at #2,651, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1920, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Adair is popular in 1978
No state had 5 or more boys named Adair in 1978, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Adair
- 225 spots since 2024 (#2,370 → #2,145)
- 2,395 spots since 2020 (#4,540 → #2,145)
- 183 spots since 2015 (#2,328 → #2,145)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 2007 at #1,562 (100 births)
- Births halved by 2013, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 20,754 boys born in 2007 were named Adair (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 25,494 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 35.8% of all boys named Adair (644) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2014, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 42 | #2,651 (1914) | #3,193 |
| 1920s | 33 | #3,076 (1928) | #3,639 |
| 1930s | 18 | #2,905 (1937) | #3,231 |
| 1940s | 11 | #3,316 (1948) | #3,438 |
| 1950s | 17 | #3,066 (1951) | #3,515 |
| 1960s | 7 | #3,595 (1969) | #3,595 |
| 1970s | 47 | #4,054 (1973) | #4,948 |
| 1980s | 51 | #4,271 (1989) | #5,882 |
| 1990s | 140 | #2,560 (1999) | #4,602 |
| 2000s | 644 | #1,562 (2007) | #2,109 |
| 2010s | 496 | #1,656 (2011) | #2,776 |
| 2020s | 291 | #2,145 (2025) | #2,905 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Adair in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 139,260 of them was named Adair, which outranked 51.5% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,214Yoland12
- #5,214Zainab12
- #5,214Zita12
- #5,563Adair11
- #5,563Abeni11
- #5,563Abril11
- #5,563Adeana11
- #5,958Aaryn10
- #5,958Abraham10
- #5,958Adora10
Tied with 394 names at #5,563; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 234,548 of them was named Adair, which outranked 32.7% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,157Zac8
- #4,157Zalmen8
- #4,157Zebulen8
- #4,554Adair7
- #4,554Abasi7
- #4,554Abdallah7
- #4,554Absalom7
- #5,059Aamir6
- #5,059Aaren6
- #5,059Abdel6
Tied with 504 names at #4,554; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.