How Many People Are Named Adair?
An estimated 2,690 people in the United States have the first name Adair. It is used for both genders, with 55.3% male. The average bearer is 25 years old, and Adair peaked in popularity in 2007 with 120 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Adair as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Adair paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- Adair has shifted from predominantly female to increasingly male in recent decades.
- Adair is a genuinely unisex name, given to both boys and girls in roughly equal numbers.
Estimated Living Americans
2,690
About 1 in 127,418 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
55.3% confidence
Average Age
25
years old
Peak Year
2007
120 births
Total Registered
3,127
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Adair
Adair is a genuinely unisex name, used for both males (55.3%) and females (44.7%). Out of 3,127 total births registered, 1,730 were male and 1,397 were female.
Adair as a male name
Ranked #2,363 in 2024
59 male births in 2024
Peak: 2007 (100 births)
Adair as a female name
Ranked #5,600 in 2024
22 female births in 2024
Peak: 2014 (35 births)
Adair: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Adair span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 12 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 803 babies were registered. While Adair is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Adair by Decade
How has Adair tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Adair by State
Birth registrations for Adair span all 9 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, North Carolina. The lowest are in Colorado, Arizona, Oregon. On average, about 69 Adairs were registered per state.
Adair + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Adair as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Adair
Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
Adair: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Adair?
We estimate approximately 2,690 people named Adair are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 127,418 Americans share this first name.
Is Adair a common name?
Adair is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 94.8% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 3,127 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Adair most popular?
Adair reached peak popularity in 2007, when 120 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Adair is approximately 25 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Adair a male name?
Adair is predominantly male. 55.3% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Adair Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Adair Smith, Adair Johnson, Adair Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
Search for a full name combination
How Many of Me