Haram
Girl · HA-ram · Arabic
Haram is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “sanctuary, sacred place”. In 2025 it ranked 1,779th for girls in the UK (17 babies).
What does Haram mean?
Arabic
“sanctuary, sacred place”
Al-Masjid al-Haram, the Sacred Mosque in Mecca, takes its name from the same Arabic word.
- Say it
- HA-ram
Is Haram a girl's or a boy's name?
Haram is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Haram in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,779among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were named Haram, making it the 1,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 17 girls.
Half of all the girls named Haram in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,719th in England and Wales.
Haram in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,779 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,803 |
| 2023 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,793 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
Names like Haram
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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