Is Adair a boy or girl name?

Adair is a unisex name. Of the 3,217 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 44.1% were girls and 55.9% were boys. It changed hands in 2015, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Adair

Recorded 1914–2025 · United States

Adair was most popular in 2007, when 120 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,116 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,792, with 90 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,217 people named Adair.

Adair over time

Births per year. The dot marks Adair’s peak in 2007. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Adair a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Adair is a unisex name — 44.1% of the 3,217 Americans given it were girls and 55.9% were boys. It changed hands: since 2015 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 33% girls and 67% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Adair

Where Adair is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org