Haja
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAH-ja
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Haja is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “female pilgrim”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Haja mean?
Arabic: West African form of Hajja
“female pilgrim”
In West Africa, Haja is given as a name and also used as a respectful title for a woman who has made the Hajj.
Is Haja a girl's or a boy's name?
Haja is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Haja in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 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, 6 girls in the UK were named Haja, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2010, with 8 girls.
2025 had more girls named Haja than any year since 2010.
Half of all the girls named Haja in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2010. 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.
Haja in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Haja 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 Haja, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the girls named Haja in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Haja in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
Names like Haja
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hana Prisha Safa Hiba Hafsa Isha Yusra Huda Aisha Haniya Isra Hanvika
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Omar Zahra Hamza
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, “Haja: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/haja, updated 20 October 2026.