Hajrah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAJ-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,690 for girls
Hajrah is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,690th for girls in the UK (18 babies).
What does Hajrah mean?
Arabic: South Asian form of Hajar (biblical Hagar)
Spelling of Hajra, a form of Hajar, the mother of Ishmael.
Is Hajrah a girl's or a boy's name?
Hajrah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hajrah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,690among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the UK were named Hajrah, making it the 1,690th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,780th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 44 girls.
2025 had more girls named Hajrah than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Hajrah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2016. 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 Hajrah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #735, up from #1,690 for this spelling alone.
- Hajra 32
- Hajrah 18
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,639th in England and Wales.
Hajrah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,690 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,955 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,780 |
| 2019 | 24 | #1,403 |
| 2018 | 27 | #1,298 |
| 2017 | 28 | #1,284 |
| 2016 | 44 | #917 |
| 2015 | 33 | #1,132 |
| 2014 | 40 | #983 |
| 2013 | 38 | #1,022 |
| 2012 | 43 | #934 |
| 2011 | 42 | #923 |
| 2010 | 38 | #968 |
| 2009 | 37 | #962 |
| 2008 | 27 | #1,176 |
| 2007 | 25 | #1,204 |
| 2006 | 20 | #1,364 |
| 2005 | 20 | #1,280 |
| 2004 | 21 | #1,194 |
| 2003 | 24 | #1,056 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,553 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,637 |
| 2000 | 16 | #1,290 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 13 | #1,505 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,520 |
Names like Hajrah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zainab Safa Aaliyah Hibah Hafsa Summer Farah Hiba Aaminah Nusaybah Safaa Umaymah
Other spellings of Hajrah
Names related to Hajrah
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) 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, “Hajrah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hajrah, updated 20 October 2026.