Girls' name · since 1905
Hagar
Since 1905, U.S. Social Security records show 157 babies named Hagar, peaking in 1998. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,300 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,013 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 157
- born since 1905
- 2000s
- peak decade
157 babies have been named Hagar since 1905, making it today's #15013 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Hagar recorded 157 times among girls since 1905, holding rank #15013 nationally today, ahead of 13% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1905 to 2025.
- #22,300 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,013 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 157 born since 1905
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hagar ranks #22,300 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,013 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 157 born since 1905, peaking in the 2000s.
- #22,300 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,013 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 157
- born since 1905
- 2000s
- peak decade
Hagar's 157 recorded births place it above 69.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Hagar compares
157 32nd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Hagar's all-time total is 58% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hagar | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 157 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Hagar's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Hagar splits its recorded history at 2002: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1905 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1998 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Hagar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1905–2025
- Peak year (1998)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 121 years of records
Hagar by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (51 births, 32% of the file).
2000s was Hagar's strongest decade.
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Hagar births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 10
1920s
10 births
- 1980s 8
1980s
8 births
- 1990s
1990s
39 births
- 2000s
2000s
51 births
- 2010s
2010s
34 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 51 births (32% of all-time use).
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What to do with Hagar's data
- Hagar's decade-level peak was the 2000s (51 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Hagar: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~120 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1905–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Hagar draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.