The first name Hajar
A girl’s name from Arabic.
2 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Arabic origin
From Arabic هَاجَر (hājar).
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 29 girls were named Hajar, making it the 1,133rd most popular girls’ name.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Hajar with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Hajar at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 26 girls born in the United States were named Hajar, the 5,022nd most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2010, when 36 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Hajar
2 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Hajar AlkhaldiBahraini sprinter, born 1995
- Hajar AbulfazlAfghani medical doctor and footballer, born 1993
More Arabic girls’ names
Questions
- What does the name Hajar mean?
- From Arabic هَاجَر (hājar).
- What is the origin of the name Hajar?
- From Arabic هَاجَر (hājar).
- How popular is the name Hajar?
- In 2025, 29 girls born in England and Wales were named Hajar, ranking 1,133rd.
- Is Hajar a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 745 US babies named Hajar since 1880 were girls.
- When was Hajar most popular?
- 2010 in the United States, when 36 babies were named Hajar, its highest rank at 4,140th.