Hajara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAH-ja-ra
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Hajara is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Hajara mean?
Hebrew: Hausa form of Hajar, the Arabic form of Hagar
Hajar was the mother of Ishmael; pilgrims retrace her search for water between Safa and Marwa.
Is Hajara a girl's or a boy's name?
Hajara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hajara in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 88% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Hajara, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Hajara in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were given Hajara or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,106, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
- Hajira 7
- Hajara 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Hajara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
Names like Hajara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hanvika Anika Anya Isha Aisha Radhika Saanvika Tanvika Akshara Anisha Halima Prisha
Other spellings of Hajara
Names related to Hajara
More Hebrew names
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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, “Hajara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hajara, updated 20 October 2026.