Alhaji
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- al-HAH-jee
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Alhaji is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “the pilgrim”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Alhaji mean?
Arabic: West African form of Arabic al-hajj
“the pilgrim”
Across West Africa Alhaji is the title of a man who has made the Hajj to Mecca, and is also given as a name.
Is Alhaji a girl's or a boy's name?
Alhaji is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alhaji in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Alhaji, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2007, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Alhaji in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Alhaji in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
How popular is Alhaji in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Alhaji, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the boys named Alhaji in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alhaji in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
Names like Alhaji
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Abdullah, Muhammad, Ahmed, Hamza, Mustafa, Ibrahim, Abdulrahman, Rafi, Abdullahi, Umar, Amir, Zayd
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alhaji: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alhaji, updated 20 October 2026.