Hajra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAJ-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,107 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Hajra is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,107th for girls in the UK (32 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Hajra mean?
Arabic: South Asian form of Hajar (biblical Hagar)
Form of Hajar, mother of Ishmael, whose search for water is remembered in the sa'i ritual of the Hajj pilgrimage.
Is Hajra a girl's or a boy's name?
Hajra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 girls in the UK and 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hajra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,107th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 32 about 1 in 8,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 32 girls in the UK were named Hajra, making it the 1,107th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 963rd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 54 girls.
Half of all the girls named Hajra 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, 50 girls in the UK were given Hajra or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #735, up from #1,107 for this spelling alone.
- Hajra 32
- Hajrah 18
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,051st in England and Wales.
Hajra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #1,107 |
| 2024 | 35 | #1,046 |
| 2023 | 30 | #1,178 |
| 2022 | 27 | #1,283 |
| 2021 | 35 | #1,054 |
| 2020 | 39 | #963 |
| 2019 | 47 | #849 |
| 2018 | 43 | #923 |
| 2017 | 54 | #799 |
| 2016 | 46 | #881 |
| 2015 | 41 | #960 |
| 2014 | 39 | #1,002 |
| 2013 | 42 | #949 |
| 2012 | 46 | #885 |
| 2011 | 37 | #1,024 |
| 2010 | 41 | #919 |
| 2009 | 40 | #912 |
| 2008 | 39 | #908 |
| 2007 | 38 | #893 |
| 2006 | 37 | #868 |
| 2005 | 45 | #735 |
| 2004 | 41 | #744 |
| 2003 | 34 | #843 |
| 2002 | 26 | #962 |
| 2001 | 27 | #910 |
| 2000 | 27 | #898 |
| 1999 | 25 | #947 |
| 1998 | 31 | #813 |
| 1997 | 25 | #940 |
| 1996 | 22 | #988 |
How popular is Hajra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Hajra, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the girls named Hajra in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hajra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
Names like Hajra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Hiba, Rahma, Huda, Zainab, Abeeha, Husna, Ayah, Safaa, Halima, Aaliyah
Other spellings of Hajra
Names related to Hajra
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Hajra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hajra, updated 20 October 2026.