Hajera
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAH-jeh-ra
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Hajera is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Hajera mean?
Hebrew: form of Hajar, the Arabic form of Hagar
Hajar was the mother of Ishmael in Islamic and biblical tradition.
Is Hajera a girl's or a boy's name?
Hajera 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 Hajera in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Hajera, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1997, with 9 girls.
2025 had more girls named Hajera than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Hajera in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Hajera in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,942 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,927 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
Names like Hajera
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Habiba, Humaira, Alisha, Hanifa, Sabiha, Radhika, Faiza, Hanvika, Fariha, Anisha, Samira, Fabiha
Names related to Hajera
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) 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, “Hajera: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hajera, updated 20 October 2026.