Harir
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ha-REER
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,986 for girls
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Harir is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “silk”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).
What does Harir mean?
Arabic: from Arabic harir
“silk”
Arabic word for silk, used as a girl's name for its sense of softness.
Is Harir a girl's or a boy's name?
Harir is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 26 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Harir in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 333% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Harir, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2024, with 4 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Harir in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
How popular is Harir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,986among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 62,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Harir, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. It first appears in the records in 2021.
Half of all the girls named Harir in the US since 1880 were born between 2022 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
Harir in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,986 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
Names like Harir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hiba Hafsa Haya Hibah Hayat Safa Huda Sahar Hanaa Ayah Hamna Zainab
Names related to Harir
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
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, “Harir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/harir, updated 20 October 2026.