Bahar
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- bah-HAR
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,545 for girls
Bahar is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “spring”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 4,545th for girls in the US (30 babies).
What does Bahar mean?
Persian: Persian word, also used in Turkish
“spring”
Is Bahar a girl's or a boy's name?
Bahar is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 30 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bahar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Bahar, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 18 girls.
Half of all the girls named Bahar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Bahar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,957 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 18 | #1,763 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,976 |
| 2013 | 13 | #2,174 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Bahar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 30about 1 in 54,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 30 girls in the US were named Bahar, making it the 4,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,878th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Bahar in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bahar in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2024 | 35 | #4,113 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 26 | #4,878 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
Names like Bahar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zainab Ayah Hafsa Aaliyah Summer Hiba Rahma Safaa Nusaybah Sumayyah Ruqayyah
More Persian names
Jasper Esther Jasmine Casper Cyrus Yasmin Darius Zorawar Kiyan Rumi Yasmine Kasper Mahnoor Dario Arian Arman
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, “Bahar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bahar, updated 20 October 2026.