Hajira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAH-ji-ra
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
Hajira is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies).
What does Hajira mean?
Hebrew: South Asian form of Hajar (Hagar)
Hajar (Hagar) was the mother of Ishmael; pilgrims retrace her search for water between Safa and Marwa during the Hajj.
Is Hajira a girl's or a boy's name?
Hajira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hajira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Hajira, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Hajira in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018. 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 Hajira or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,106, up from #3,409 for this spelling alone.
- Hajira 7
- Hajara 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Hajira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,874 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 14 | #2,032 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,764 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,585 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Hajira in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 9 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Hajira in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hajira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
Names like Hajira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Hiba, Raya, Hawa, Abeeha, Halima, Amira, Khadija, Haniya, Humaira, Hawwa
Other spellings of Hajira
Names related to Hajira
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, “Hajira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hajira, updated 20 October 2026.