Jair
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,193 for boys
Jair is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he will light up”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 1,193rd for boys in the US (170 babies).
What does Jair mean?
Hebrew
“he will light up”
A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Jair a girl's or a boy's name?
Jair is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 170 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jair in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 125% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Jair, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 5 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Jair in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
How popular is Jair in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,193among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 170about 1 in 10,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 170 boys in the US were named Jair, making it the 1,193rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 902nd. Its busiest year was 2003, with 480 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.
2025 had fewer boys named Jair than any year since 2000.
Half of all the boys named Jair in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jair in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 170 | #1,193 |
| 2024 | 177 | #1,172 |
| 2023 | 208 | #1,047 |
| 2022 | 194 | #1,103 |
| 2021 | 238 | #949 |
| 2020 | 249 | #902 |
| 2019 | 214 | #989 |
| 2018 | 198 | #1,029 |
| 2017 | 179 | #1,090 |
| 2016 | 222 | #942 |
| 2015 | 199 | #1,019 |
| 2014 | 208 | #994 |
| 2013 | 264 | #820 |
| 2012 | 192 | #1,017 |
| 2011 | 251 | #849 |
| 2010 | 243 | #865 |
| 2009 | 280 | #795 |
| 2008 | 248 | #855 |
| 2007 | 281 | #775 |
| 2006 | 296 | #728 |
| 2005 | 314 | #671 |
| 2004 | 353 | #607 |
| 2003 | 480 | #506 |
| 2002 | 315 | #626 |
| 2001 | 237 | #733 |
| 2000 | 130 | #1,081 |
| 1999 | 104 | #1,213 |
| 1998 | 84 | #1,380 |
| 1997 | 97 | #1,209 |
| 1996 | 153 | #882 |
| 1995 | 40 | #2,050 |
| 1994 | 45 | #1,863 |
| 1993 | 51 | #1,694 |
| 1992 | 59 | #1,505 |
| 1991 | 47 | #1,719 |
| 1990 | 30 | #2,303 |
| 1989 | 22 | #2,778 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 17 | #2,938 |
| 1986 | 19 | #2,681 |
| 1985 | 26 | #2,115 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,105 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
Names like Jair
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Muhammad Ibrahim Hamza Amir Zayd Umar Yahya Zakariya Abdullah Ahmed Mustafa
Names related to Jair
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
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, “Jair: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jair, updated 20 October 2026.