# Hagar (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hagar/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “stranger” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈheɪɡɑːɹ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 157 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 157 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 9, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hebrew הָגָר (Hagar, “stranger”). Compare Arabic هَاجَر (hājar), Tiberian Hebrew הָגָר (Hāḡār).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 7 | 11,806 |
| 2000 | 11 | 8,778 |
| 2001 | 5 | 16,222 |
| 2002 | 5 | 16,355 |
| 2003 | 5 | 16,648 |
| 2004 | 7 | 13,233 |
| 2006 | 5 | 18,127 |
| 2007 | 6 | 16,186 |
| 2009 | 7 | 14,210 |
| 2010 | 9 | 11,608 |
| 2014 | 5 | 17,467 |
| 2015 | 5 | 17,416 |
| 2017 | 9 | 11,019 |
| 2018 | 6 | 14,448 |
| 2025 | 5 | 15,727 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: هَاجَر
- Dutch: Hagar
- Greek: Άγαρ
- Hebrew: הגר
- Turkish: Hacer

## People named Hagar

- Hagar Olsson, Finnish writer (1893-1978)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.