Hajer
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAH-jer
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Hajer is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Hajer mean?
Hebrew: Arabic Hajar, the form of biblical Hagar
Hajar was the mother of Ishmael; pilgrims retrace her search for water between Safa and Marwa.
Is Hajer a girl's or a boy's name?
Hajer is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hajer in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Hajer, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 7 girls.
2025 had more girls named Hajer than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Hajer in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 40 girls in the UK were given Hajer or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #846, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Hajer in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
How popular is Hajer in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 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, 10 girls in the US were named Hajer, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2014, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
2025 had more girls named Hajer than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Hajer in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hajer in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
Names like Hajer
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Raya Anya Safa Prisha River Hafsa Anaya Summer Saanvi Ayat Hawa Haniya
Other spellings of Hajer
Names related to Hajer
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, “Hajer: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hajer, updated 20 October 2026.