Adair
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #2,145 for boys
Adair is a boys' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,145th for boys in the US (67 babies).
What does Adair mean?
Scottish
A male given name from Scottish Gaelic, of Scottish usage, equivalent to English Edgar.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Adair a girl's or a boy's name?
Adair is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 girls and 67 boys in the US.
How popular is Adair in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 6 boys.
Adair in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 2 | #6,210 |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Adair in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,145th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 67 about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 147% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 67 boys in the US were named Adair, making it the 2,145th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 100 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914. 23 girls were also named Adair in 2025 (5,409th for girls).
2025 had more boys named Adair than any year since 2011.
Half of all the boys named Adair in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1995, 64% of the babies named Adair in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 26%, with more boys than girls since 2015.
Adair in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67 | #2,145 |
| 2024 | 59 | #2,370 |
| 2023 | 64 | #2,220 |
| 2022 | 46 | #2,791 |
| 2021 | 34 | #3,360 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 34 | #3,344 |
| 2018 | 22 | #4,472 |
| 2017 | 48 | #2,596 |
| 2016 | 33 | #3,357 |
| 2015 | 56 | #2,327 |
| 2014 | 33 | #3,295 |
| 2013 | 46 | #2,592 |
| 2012 | 66 | #2,065 |
| 2011 | 91 | #1,656 |
| 2010 | 67 | #2,036 |
| 2009 | 93 | #1,687 |
| 2008 | 63 | #2,139 |
| 2007 | 100 | #1,562 |
| 2006 | 78 | #1,769 |
| 2005 | 72 | #1,798 |
| 2004 | 77 | #1,668 |
| 2003 | 65 | #1,812 |
| 2002 | 38 | #2,552 |
| 2001 | 27 | #3,223 |
| 2000 | 31 | #2,858 |
| 1999 | 34 | #2,556 |
| 1998 | 23 | #3,292 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,074 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,173 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,731 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,650 |
Names like Adair
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Asher, Hunter, Austin, Hudson, Noah, Archer, Logan, Axel, Cooper, Carter, Ali, Jaxon
Names related to Adair
More Scottish names
Isla, Finley, Arabella, Cameron, Bonnie, Paisley, Brody, Carson, Maxwell, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox, Dallas
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Adair: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adair, updated 20 October 2026.