How Many People Are Named Jair?
people named Jair are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 47,695 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,269 babies named Jair in Social Security records from 1971 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
480 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "he shines" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of both a son of Manasseh and one of the ruling judges of the Israelites.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Jair (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jair alive today is about 16 years old, and 94% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 22 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jair first appears in the records in 1971 and was given most often in 2003, to 480 babies. In 2025, 170 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1971 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jair has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #506, in 2003. In 2025 it ranked #1,193.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,193 |
| Best rank | #506 (2003) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #696 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jair alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jair were born in California than in any other state: about 1,496 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jair was given 2 times as often in California, 1.9 times in Texas and 1.8 times in Georgia.
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