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Adair

Rank in 2024
#2,386
Born in 2024
59
Peak year
2007 · #1574
Origin
Scottish Gaelic

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 59 boys were named Adair, about 1 in every 29,073.
  • It peaked in 2007 with 100 babies, ranked #1574.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1914.
  • 1,730 boys have been named Adair since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Adair per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 67 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 31 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 23 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 54 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 117 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 942 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 496 babies, 0.02 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

  • A male given name from Scottish Gaelic, of Scottish usage, equivalent to English Edgar.
Origin
Scottish Gaelic
Say it
Not recorded

From Wiktionary’s entry for Adair, CC BY-SA 4.0.