Mair

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Mair: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Mair: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,459 in 2004, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1459highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1755
1997	#2152
1998	#1571
1999	#1675
2000	#1831
2001	#2023
2002	#1530
2003	#1996
2004	#1459
2005	#1796
2006	#1748
2007	#1741
2008	#3397
2009	#1752
2010	#1993
2011	#2636
2012	#2521
2013	#2313
2014	#2862
2015	#4736
2016	#3214
2018	#5666
2019	#4001
2021	#3961
2024	#4843

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 25 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1755 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1459 among girls in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Mair by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Mair in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	37	4 of 10	9
2000sbusiest	113	10 of 10	11
2010s	70	9 of 10	8
2020s	9	2 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Mair appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1459 in England and Wales in 2004.

Mair's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2862	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2313	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2521	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1993	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1752	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1741	14	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1748	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1796	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1459	15	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1996	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1530	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2023	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1831	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1675	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1571	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2152	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1755	9	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,459, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
21 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#4,843position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
15births registered in its largest year, 2004Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Mairah · #1603, 14y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Zohra · #1459, 29y
Arshad · #1458, 23y
Jibran · #1460, 29y
Mehran · #1458, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Zohra · #1459, 29y
Arshad · #1458, 23y
Jibran · #1460, 29y
Mehran · #1458, 25y

Mair and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Mair without appearing here.

Mair moved ahead of

Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1831 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2023 and #3998.
Vicki Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2023 and #2023 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1530 and #3409.
Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4001 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3961 and #5581.
Donna Compare
In 2018 they stood at #5666 and #3518 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4001 and #5591.

Moved ahead of Mair

Rory Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4736 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #1977.
Arlo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3214 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #2340.
Noah Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3214 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #2499.
Eabha Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3214 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #2674.

Moved the opposite way to Mair

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mair went from #1755 to #4843 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mair went from #1755 to #4843 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mair went from #1755 to #4843 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mair went from #1755 to #4843 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Mair

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mair went from #1755 to #4843 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mair went from #1755 to #4843 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mair went from #1755 to #4843 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mair went from #1755 to #4843 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1459 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mair

Mair at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mair by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Mair appears in

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Mair at a glance

Mair by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Mair appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Mair and the names beside it

Mair moved ahead of

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