Fajr
Girl · FAJ-ur · Arabic
Fajr is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “dawn”. In 2025 it ranked 899th for girls in the UK (42 babies) and 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
What does Fajr mean?
Arabic
“dawn”
Arabic for dawn and the name of the first of the five daily Islamic prayers; Al-Fajr is also a chapter of the Quran.
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Is Fajr a girl's or a boy's name?
Fajr is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 42 girls in the UK and 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fajr in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #899among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 42about 1 in 6,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 42 girls in the UK were named Fajr, making it the 899th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,708th.
2025 had the most girls named Fajr of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Fajr in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 100 girls in the UK were given Fajr or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #441, up from #899 for this spelling alone.
- Fajar 58
- Fajr 42
Among girls in 2025, it was 951st in England and Wales and 539th in Scotland.
Fajr in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #899 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,592 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,955 |
| 2022 | 25 | #1,363 |
| 2021 | 22 | #1,491 |
| 2020 | 18 | #1,708 |
| 2019 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2018 | 18 | #1,739 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,913 |
| 2016 | 16 | #1,941 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,684 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
How popular is Fajr in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,237among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Fajr, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
2025 had more girls named Fajr than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Fajr in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Fajr in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 27 | #4,989 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
Names like Fajr
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Fajr
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