Girls' name · since 1997
Hajer
Since 1997, U.S. Social Security records show 159 babies named Hajer, peaking in 2014. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,181 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,765 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 159
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Hajer is the #9765 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 159 recorded since 1997.
Hajer has 159 recorded births among girls since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9765 as of the latest data, more common than 44% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #22,181 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,765 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 159 born since 1997
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hajer ranks #22,181 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,765 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 159 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.
- #22,181 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,765 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 159
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Hajer's 159 recorded births place it above 69.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Hajer compares
159 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
Hajer's all-time total is 58% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hajer | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 159 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Hajer's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Hajer splits its recorded history at 2010: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1997 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Hajer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Hajer by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (68 births, 43% of the file).
2010s was Hajer's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Hajer births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
64 births
- 2010s
2010s
68 births
- 2020s 22
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 68 births (43% of all-time use).
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What to do with Hajer's data
- Hajer's decade-level peak was the 2010s (68 total births); usage has since declined to 22 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Hajer: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1997–2025 (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 Hajer 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.