Blair is a girl's name of Irish and Celtic origin meaning “plain.” In 2024 it was given to 1,412 girls in the United States.
Blair belongs to the Irish & Celtic tradition. Its meaning — “plain” — is the sense carried by its Irish and Celtic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Blair first appears in Social Security records in 1914. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #218 in 2024, and in 2024 1,412 babies received the name — 21,459 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Blair means “plain” in its Irish and Celtic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Blair is a girl name. In 2024, 1,412 babies received the name in the US.
Blair comes from the Irish & Celtic tradition.
Blair first appears in US records in 1914. Its best-ever ranking was #218 in 2024, and 1,412 babies were given the name in 2024.
Blair is pronounced /bleɹ/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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