Hajar

Hajar was the #4,987 girls' name in the US in 2025 (26 babies), and #1,133 in England & Wales and #3,044 in Canada.

Hajar as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Hajar as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Hajar as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
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 & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#4,987 (26)#1,133 (29)—#3,044 (6)
2024#5,021 (26)#1,819 (16)—#1,710 (13)
2023#5,248 (24)#1,774 (16)—#2,900 (6)
2022#5,309 (24)#2,325 (11)—#2,133 (9)
2021#4,719 (28)#1,785 (16)—#1,778 (12)
2020#5,487 (22)#2,300 (11)—#1,758 (12)
2019#5,163 (25)#1,439 (21)—#1,798 (12)
2018#5,315 (24)#2,090 (13)—#1,567 (14)
2017#5,045 (26)#1,911 (15)—#1,454 (16)
2016#5,796 (22)#1,278 (26)—#1,463 (16)
2015#5,653 (23)#2,945 (8)—#1,499 (15)
2014#4,892 (28)#1,562 (19)—#1,187 (21)
2013#4,243 (34)#1,537 (20)—#1,206 (20)
2012#5,557 (24)#1,991 (14)#907 (3)#966 (27)
2011#4,568 (31)#1,225 (26)—#1,154 (21)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2010 at #4,107.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1981.

How common is it?

about 1 in 63,000 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 63,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Hajar is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 64,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 57,000 to 1 in 72,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Hajar 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: #2,075NYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: 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
Hajar (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#1,4107

Hajar (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
HajarCanadaGirls#3,0446
HajarEngland & WalesGirls#1,13329
HajarIrelandGirls—too few
HajarNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
HajarUSGirls#4,98726