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 2013
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Illinois#1,310 · 1 in 13,182
- California#1,326 · 1 in 17,463
- Texas#2,288 · 1 in 36,051
Best ever in a state: #529 in Oregon, 2009.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | #1,310 | 5 | 1 in 13,182 |
| California | #1,326 | 13 | 1 in 17,463 |
| Texas | #2,288 | 5 | 1 in 36,051 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 2013
Top girls' names in 2013
Top boys' names in 2013
More about 2013
girls
1,754,746 girls got a published name in 2013; 1 in 56,605 of them was named Adair, which outranked 76.4% of the 19,279 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,422Zarya32
- #4,422Zurie32
- #4,422Zyonna32
- #4,543Adair31
- #4,543Aalyiah31
- #4,543Adi31
- #4,543Aissata31
- #4,645Aaria30
- #4,645Adira30
- #4,645Adore30
Tied with 101 names at #4,543; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,891,581 boys got a published name in 2013; 1 in 41,121 of them was named Adair, which outranked 81.6% of the 14,070 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,562Rayhan47
- #2,562Shelby47
- #2,562Yadier47
- #2,594Adair46
- #2,594Adyan46
- #2,594Arhaan46
- #2,594Arley46
- #2,623Adalberto45
- #2,623Advaith45
- #2,623Aman45
Tied with 28 names at #2,594; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.