Haajar
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAH-jar
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
Haajar is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies).
What does Haajar mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Hajar; Arabic form of Hagar
Hajar, mother of Ishmael, is remembered at the Hajj, when pilgrims retrace her search for water between Safa and Marwah.
Meaning borrowed from Hajar. More on Wiktionary.
Is Haajar a girl's or a boy's name?
Haajar is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Haajar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 178% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Haajar, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,326th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Haajar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 40 girls in the UK were given Haajar or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #846, up from #3,409 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Haajar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
Names like Haajar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Raya Arya Ayat Aadhya Prisha Anaya Saanvi Haniya Ayah Maya Maryam River
Other spellings of Haajar
Names related to Haajar
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Haajar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/haajar, updated 20 October 2026.