girl's name
Blaire
BLAIR
- Origin Scottish
- Gender Girl
- Letters 6
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 9,195
the United States
#384
2025 births
Blaire is a girl's name of Scottish origin meaning "plain" or "field", from the Gaelic blàr. The word also means a battlefield, since a level open place is where armies met, and both senses are carried in the surname.
- Blaire is a name of Scottish origin.
- Peaked in 2025, when 809 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 4,098 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1956.
Blaire over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 11 |
| 1960s | 39 |
| 1970s | 75 |
| 1980s | 806 |
| 1990s | 854 |
| 2000s | 501 |
| 2010s | 2,218 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 3,566 |
What Blaire means
Blaire means a flat open field, and by extension a battlefield. The Gaelic blàr covers both, and Scottish place names built on it usually mean the plain rather than the battle.
Where Blaire comes from
Blaire comes from the Gaelic blàr, a plain, field or moor, and by extension a battlefield — a level clearing being where a battle could be fought. Dozens of Scottish places carry it, including Blair Atholl and Blairgowrie, and families took their names from them. As a first name Blair was a boy's name in Scotland and became a girl's name in America, a shift usually credited to the character Blair Warner in the 1980s series The Facts of Life. The E-ending spelling is a later American feminization and appears in our records from 1956.
Blaire in use
Blaire charts in four of the seven countries we track and reached its highest recorded use in 2025.
How popular is Blaire?
In 2025, Blaire was given to 809 babies in the United States, ranking #384 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Blaire is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Blaire
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Blaire also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Blaire over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Blaire in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Blaire
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Blaire — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Blaire
What does the name Blaire mean?
A plain or field, from the Gaelic blàr — which also means a battlefield, since a level clearing is where armies met.
What is the difference between Blaire and Blair?
Blair is the original Scottish surname spelling. Blaire is a later American feminization.
Was Blair a boy's name?
Yes, in Scotland. Its shift to girls in America is usually credited to the 1980s series The Facts of Life.
How popular is the name Blaire?
In 2025, Blaire was given to 809 babies in the United States, ranking #384 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
When was Blaire most popular?
Blaire peaked in 2025, when 809 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Blaire a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Blaire currently ranks #250 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.