# Adair (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/adair/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,217 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,797 / 1,420 (44% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 17, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 24 | 5,543 |
| 2012 | 23 | 5,714 |
| 2013 | 31 | 4,544 |
| 2014 | 35 | 4,179 |
| 2015 | 20 | 6,239 |
| 2016 | 20 | 6,187 |
| 2017 | 23 | 5,518 |
| 2018 | 17 | 6,796 |
| 2019 | 30 | 4,546 |
| 2020 | 15 | 7,216 |
| 2021 | 18 | 6,416 |
| 2022 | 19 | 6,233 |
| 2023 | 22 | 5,552 |
| 2024 | 22 | 5,619 |
| 2025 | 23 | 5,412 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 91 | 1,656 |
| 2012 | 66 | 2,067 |
| 2013 | 46 | 2,594 |
| 2014 | 33 | 3,299 |
| 2015 | 56 | 2,329 |
| 2016 | 33 | 3,359 |
| 2017 | 48 | 2,597 |
| 2018 | 22 | 4,480 |
| 2019 | 34 | 3,348 |
| 2020 | 21 | 4,541 |
| 2021 | 34 | 3,362 |
| 2022 | 46 | 2,793 |
| 2023 | 64 | 2,221 |
| 2024 | 59 | 2,371 |
| 2025 | 67 | 2,145 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 | 2,901 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2,857 |
| 2010 | 5 | 3,332 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |

## People named Adair

- Adair Crawford, British chemist (1748-1795)
- Adair Tishler, American actress
- Adair José Guimarães, Brazilian priest

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.