NameTides

Bahar

Bahar was the #4,546 girls' name in the US in 2025 (30 babies), and #3,705 in England & Wales and #2,282 in Canada.

Bahar as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Bahar as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Bahar as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#4,546 (30)#3,705 (6)#2,282 (9)
2024#4,114 (35)#2,116 (13)#2,102 (10)
2023#5,752 (21)#3,599 (6)#1,774 (12)
2022#5,309 (24)#1,849 (15)#2,553 (7)
2021#6,174 (19)#2,499 (10)#1,681 (13)
2020#4,880 (26)#2,615 (9)#2,163 (9)
2019#5,449 (23)#4,001 (5)#2,374 (8)
2018#5,152 (25)#2,901 (8)#2,151 (9)
2017#7,442 (15)#1,681 (18)#1,784 (12)
2016#5,130 (26)#2,966 (8)#1,600 (14)
2015#4,981 (27)#2,328 (11)#2,363 (8)
2014#6,207 (20)#1,882 (15)#2,185 (9)
2013#7,372 (16)#2,062 (13)#1,913 (11)
2012—#1,991 (14)—
2011#7,783 (15)#2,893 (8)#2,009 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #4,114.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1977.

How common is it?

about 1 in 53,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 53,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 42,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Bahar is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 43,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 31,000 to 1 in 60,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Bahar by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,767CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,180VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Bahar (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,5856

Bahar (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BaharCanadaGirls#2,2829
BaharEngland & WalesGirls#3,7056
BaharNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
BaharUSGirls#4,54630