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Hagar

Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#4,935 for girls
US rank, 2025
#14,937 for girls

Hagar is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “stranger”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).

What does Hagar mean?

Hebrew

“stranger”

A female given name from Hebrew.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Hagar a girl's or a boy's name?

Hagar is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Hagar in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#4,935among girls
Babies in 2025
4about 1 in 70,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 300% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Hagar, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2024, with 5 girls.

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.

2001Busiest: 5 in 20242025
Hagar in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20254#4,935
20245#4,253
20230–
20220–
20210–
20200–
20190–
20180–
20170–
20160–
20150–
20140–
20130–
20120–
20110–
20100–
20090–
20080–
20070–
20060–
20050–
20040–
20030–
20020–
20011#5,353

How popular is Hagar in the US?

Rank in 2025
#14,937among girls
Babies in 2025
5about 1 in 320,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Hagar, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1998, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1905.

2025 had more girls named Hagar than any year since 2018.

Half of all the girls named Hagar in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.

1905Busiest: 11 in 19982025
Hagar in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20255#14,937
20240–
20230–
20220–
20210–
20200–
20190–
20186#13,788
20179#10,685
20160–
20155#16,413
20145#16,507
20130–
20120–
20110–
20109#11,240
20097#13,698
20080–
20076#15,485
20065#17,163
20050–
20047#12,754
20035#15,777
20025#15,426
20015#15,345
200011#8,527
19997#11,378
199811#8,011
19970–
19960–
19950–
199410#8,116
19930–
19926#11,730
19910–
19905#12,952
19890–
19880–
19870–
19868#7,745
19850–
19840–
19830–
19820–
19810–
19800–
19790–
19780–
19770–
19760–
19750–
19740–
19730–
19720–
19710–
19700–
19690–
19680–
19670–
19660–
19650–
19640–
19630–
19620–
19610–
19600–
19590–
19580–
19570–
19560–
19550–
19540–
19530–
19520–
19510–
19500–
19490–
19480–
19470–
19460–
19450–
19440–
19430–
19420–
19410–
19400–
19390–
19380–
19370–
19360–
19350–
19340–
19330–
19320–
19310–
19300–
19290–
19285#4,723
19270–
19260–
19250–
19240–
19235#4,966
19220–
19210–
19200–
19195#4,812
19180–
19170–
19160–
19150–
19140–
19130–
19120–
19110–
19100–
19090–
19080–
19070–
19060–
19055#1,930

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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, “Hagar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hagar, updated 20 October 2026.