# Hajar (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hajar/  
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 | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 745 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 745 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 439, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Arabic هَاجَر (hājar).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 31 | 4,610 |
| 2012 | 24 | 5,611 |
| 2013 | 34 | 4,279 |
| 2014 | 28 | 4,944 |
| 2015 | 23 | 5,722 |
| 2016 | 22 | 5,861 |
| 2017 | 26 | 5,102 |
| 2018 | 24 | 5,372 |
| 2019 | 25 | 5,208 |
| 2020 | 22 | 5,542 |
| 2021 | 28 | 4,765 |
| 2022 | 24 | 5,373 |
| 2023 | 24 | 5,298 |
| 2024 | 26 | 5,063 |
| 2025 | 26 | 5,022 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 26 | 1,225 |
| 2012 | 14 | 1,991 |
| 2013 | 20 | 1,537 |
| 2014 | 19 | 1,562 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,945 |
| 2016 | 26 | 1,278 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,911 |
| 2018 | 13 | 2,090 |
| 2019 | 21 | 1,439 |
| 2020 | 11 | 2,300 |
| 2021 | 16 | 1,785 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,325 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1,774 |
| 2024 | 16 | 1,819 |
| 2025 | 29 | 1,133 |

## People named Hajar

- Hajar Alkhaldi, Bahraini sprinter
- Hajar Abulfazl, Afghani medical doctor and footballer

## 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.