Wahaj
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- wa-HAJ
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,964 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Wahaj is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “glowing, radiant”. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies) and 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Wahaj mean?
Arabic: from wahhaj
“glowing, radiant”
In the Qur'an's Surah An-Naba, the sun is called a siraj wahhaj, a blazing lamp.
Is Wahaj a girl's or a boy's name?
Wahaj is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK and 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wahaj in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,964th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popular new in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Wahaj, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 17 boys.
Half of all the boys named Wahaj in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.
Wahaj in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,571 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
How popular is Wahaj in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,207th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Wahaj, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. It first appears in the records in 2008.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Wahaj of any year since it first appeared, in 2008.
Half of all the boys named Wahaj in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wahaj in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
Names like Wahaj
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Amir, Umar, Musa, Hamza, Zayd, Zayaan, Mustafa, Abdullah, Zayan, Ahmed, Khalid
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
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, “Wahaj: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wahaj, updated 20 October 2026.