Blaire

What Blaire means

Variant of Blair, meaning “field, plain”

variant of Blair || From Scottish Gaelic blàr (“field, plain”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Blaire” (revision 93740726) and “Blair” (revision 93740847), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Blaire?

US: Rising: up from #1170 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #2705 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 802 girls got the name (#384 that year). First in the US records in 1956.

How common

• About 1 in 2,004 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 12,664 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 688 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in ND (2.22 per 1,000 girls), IA (1.95 per 1,000 girls), NH (1.84 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Blaire is #384 in the US and #1512 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.1% of US babies named Blaire were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Blair1,806 US · 72 E&W
• Blayre6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Blaire

Girls

• Winifred#922Editor’s note Up from #1,437 in 2015 to #922 in 2025 in the US
• Gwendolyn#360Variant of Gwendolen, meaning “white, fair, blessed + ring, bow…^*
• Ellis#682“benevolent, kind”^*
• Maeve#76“intoxicating”^*
• Guinevere#898Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #898 vs #2,788 in 2025
• Gwen#725Same root as Wendy, meaning “watercourse with a bend + island”^*

For a brother

• Harvey#251“iron + blazing”^*
• Rory#199“red-haired king”^*
• Ellis#243“benevolent, kind”^*
• Arthur#87possibly “bear”^*
• Idris#694Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #142 vs #694 in 2025
• Killian#417Editor’s note Down from #349 in 2015 to #417 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Irish & Celtic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Blaire’s. Rank is US 2025.