Jair is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2003 and has grown less common since.
Jair is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,193 for boy births in the United States (and #2,466 across all names), given to 170 babies. Jair first appears in 1971 and peaked in 2003 (480 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 170 | 170 | — | #1,193 |
| 2024 | 177 | 177 | — | #1,172 |
| 2023 | 208 | 208 | — | #1,050 |
| 2022 | 194 | 194 | — | #1,105 |
| 2021 | 238 | 238 | — | #949 |
| 2020 | 249 | 249 | — | #903 |
| 2019 | 214 | 214 | — | #990 |
| 2018 | 198 | 198 | — | #1,031 |
| 2017 | 179 | 186 | — | #1,092 |
| 2016 | 222 | 229 | — | #943 |
| 2015 | 199 | 199 | — | #1,022 |
| 2014 | 208 | 213 | — | #995 |
| 2013 | 264 | 272 | — | #821 |
| 2012 | 192 | 199 | — | #1,019 |
| 2011 | 251 | 258 | — | #850 |
| 2010 | 243 | 243 | — | #868 |
| 2009 | 280 | 292 | — | #796 |
| 2008 | 248 | 259 | — | #857 |
| 2007 | 281 | 293 | — | #777 |
| 2006 | 296 | 304 | — | #728 |
| 2005 | 314 | 326 | — | #671 |
| 2004 | 353 | 366 | — | #609 |
| 2003 | 480 | 487 | — | #506 |
| 2002 | 321 | 321 | #14,300 | #628 |
| 2001 | 237 | 237 | — | #737 |
| 2000 | 130 | 130 | — | #1,084 |
| 1999 | 104 | 104 | — | #1,218 |
| 1998 | 84 | 84 | — | #1,385 |
| 1997 | 97 | — | — | #1,217 |
| 1996 | 158 | — | #14,382 | #887 |
| 1995 | 40 | — | — | #2,067 |
| 1994 | 45 | — | — | #1,876 |
| 1993 | 51 | — | — | #1,707 |
| 1992 | 59 | — | — | #1,518 |
| 1991 | 47 | — | — | #1,731 |
| 1990 | 30 | — | — | #2,340 |
| 1989 | 22 | — | — | #2,825 |
| 1988 | 18 | — | — | #3,016 |
| 1987 | 17 | — | — | #3,004 |
| 1986 | 19 | — | — | #2,724 |
| 1985 | 26 | — | — | #2,146 |
| 1984 | 14 | — | — | #3,174 |
| 1983 | 10 | — | — | #3,988 |
| 1982 | 13 | — | — | #3,380 |
| 1981 | 6 | — | — | #5,804 |
| 1980 | 9 | — | — | #4,286 |
| 1979 | 8 | — | — | #4,584 |
| 1978 | 7 | — | — | #4,750 |
| 1977 | 9 | — | — | #3,972 |
| 1976 | 5 | — | — | #5,969 |
| 1975 | 5 | — | — | #5,833 |
| 1974 | 7 | — | — | #4,359 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | — | #4,174 |
| 1971 | 6 | — | — | #4,629 |