Hajar
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAH-jar
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,186 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,986 for girls
Hajar is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,186th for girls in the UK (29 babies) and 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).
What does Hajar mean?
Hebrew: Arabic form of Hagar
Hajar, mother of Ishmael, is remembered at the Hajj, when pilgrims retrace her search for water between Safa and Marwah.
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Is Hajar a girl's or a boy's name?
Hajar is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 girls in the UK and 26 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hajar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,186th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 29 about 1 in 9,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 29 girls in the UK were named Hajar, making it the 1,186th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,268th.
2025 had the most girls named Hajar of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Hajar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 40 girls in the UK were given Hajar or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #846, up from #1,186 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,133rd in England and Wales.
Hajar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #1,186 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,881 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,728 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,882 |
| 2020 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 2019 | 21 | #1,531 |
| 2018 | 14 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 15 | #2,011 |
| 2016 | 26 | #1,361 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 19 | #1,656 |
| 2013 | 21 | #1,559 |
| 2012 | 15 | #2,005 |
| 2011 | 26 | #1,303 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 16 | #1,763 |
| 2008 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,614 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,860 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,521 |
| 2004 | 18 | #1,342 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,649 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,942 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,653 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,585 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,780 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Hajar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,986th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26 about 1 in 62,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Hajar, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 2010, with 36 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Hajar in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hajar in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,986 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,018 |
| 2023 | 24 | #5,245 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 28 | #4,715 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,161 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,311 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,043 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 23 | #5,651 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,890 |
| 2013 | 34 | #4,241 |
| 2012 | 24 | #5,555 |
| 2011 | 31 | #4,567 |
| 2010 | 36 | #4,106 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,535 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,674 |
| 2006 | 27 | #5,085 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,795 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,551 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,317 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,522 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
Names like Hajar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Raya, Safa, Anaya, Hafsa, Ayah, Ayat, Prisha, Zainab, Hawa, Hiba, Saanvi, Hana
Other spellings of Hajar
Names related to Hajar
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), 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, “Hajar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hajar, updated 20 October 2026.