Jair
- Last seen for girls in 2002 at #13,595
- #1,193 for boys in 2025, 170 births
- Given to boys 99.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2003 · 480 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,258since 1971
Jair over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Jair has never cracked the top 500 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,193 | 170 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,172 | 177 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,047 | 208 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,103 | 194 | |
| 2021 | — | #949 | 238 | |
| 2020 | — | #902 | 249 | |
| 2019 | — | #989 | 214 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,029 | 198 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,090 | 179 | |
| 2016 | — | #942 | 222 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,019 | 199 | |
| 2014 | — | #994 | 208 | |
| 2013 | — | #820 | 264 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,017 | 192 | |
| 2011 | — | #849 | 251 | |
| 2010 | — | #865 | 243 | |
| 2009 | — | #795 | 280 | |
| 2008 | — | #855 | 248 | |
| 2007 | — | #775 | 281 | |
| 2006 | — | #728 | 296 | |
| 2005 | — | #671 | 314 | |
| 2004 | — | #607 | 353 | |
| 2003 | — | #506 | 480 | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #626 | 315 |
| 2001 | — | #734 | 237 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,083 | 130 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,215 | 104 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,383 | 84 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,212 | 97 | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #884 | 153 |
| 1995 | — | #2,055 | 40 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,868 | 45 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,699 | 51 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,510 | 59 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,725 | 47 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,308 | 30 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,784 | 22 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,961 | 18 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,942 | 17 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,684 | 19 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,116 | 26 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,107 | 14 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,884 | 10 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,282 | 13 | |
| 1981 | — | #5,468 | 6 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,134 | 9 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,403 | 8 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,554 | 7 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,836 | 9 | |
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,190 | 7 | |
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| 1972 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1971 | — | #4,375 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1971
The first year at least five boys were named Jair! It came in at #4,375, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1973, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Jair is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Texas | #749 | 36 | 1 in 4,863 |
| Illinois | #805 | 10 | 1 in 4,955 |
| Maryland | #809 | 5 | 1 in 4,579 |
| Florida | #846 | 17 | 1 in 5,620 |
| New York | #914 | 14 | 1 in 6,030 |
| Georgia | #990 | 8 | 1 in 6,278 |
| California | #1,011 | 21 | 1 in 8,356 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,094 | 6 | 1 in 8,710 |
| North Carolina | #1,277 | 5 | 1 in 10,294 |
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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 Jair
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 291 spots since 2020 (#902 → #1,193)
- Biggest jump: 1,171 spots in 1996
- Biggest drop: 328 spots in 1997
Rise & fade · boys
32 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 2003 at #506 (480 births)
- Births halved by 2012, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 18 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 2001–2011
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,115
- Highest: 1 in 4,115 boys born in 2003 were named Jair (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,048 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 40.4% of all boys named Jair (2,934) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 54 | #3,836 (1977) | #4,547 |
| 1980s | 154 | #2,116 (1985) | #3,336 |
| 1990s | 710 | #884 (1996) | #1,586 |
| 2000s | 2,934 | #506 (2003) | #738 |
| 2010s | 2,170 | #820 (2013) | #961 |
| 2020s | 1,236 | #902 (2020) | #1,061 |
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.
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