Anhar
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- an-HAR
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Anhar is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “rivers”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Anhar mean?
Arabic: plural of nahr 'river'
“rivers”
The Qur'an repeatedly describes paradise as gardens beneath which rivers (al-anhar) flow.
Is Anhar a girl's or a boy's name?
Anhar is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anhar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 433% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Anhar, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2023, with 7 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Anhar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
How popular is Anhar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,131st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Anhar, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 2008.
Half of all the girls named Anhar in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anhar in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
Names like Anhar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayat, Aadhya, Arya, Aayat, Prisha, Aarvi, Anvi, Aavya, Saanvi, Anvika, Aarya, Aashvi
Names related to Anhar
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
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, “Anhar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anhar, updated 20 October 2026.