Girls' name · since 1990

Hajra

Hajra has 292 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#16,135 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#9,702 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
292
born since 1990
2010s
peak decade

292 babies have been named Hajra since 1990, making it today's #9702 girls' name.

Hajra has 292 recorded births among girls since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9702 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 1990 to 2025.

  • #16,135 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #9,702 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 292 born since 1990
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hajra ranks #16,135 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,702 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 292 born since 1990, peaking in the 2010s.

#16,135 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#9,702 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
292
born since 1990
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%43.9%
Hajra vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Hajra's 292 recorded births place it above 77.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

2 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.

How Hajra compares

292 45th 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

Hajra's all-time total is 22% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Hajra Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 292 376 567,345
Peak-year births 20 21 19,840

Hajra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Hajra's full recorded timeline at 2012, 66% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 34% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Hajra popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2017)
20
Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
0510152025 19902001200520102014201820222025 10

Hajra by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (141 births, 48% of the file).

2010s was Hajra's strongest decade.

141 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.

Hajra births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 141 births (48% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Hajra by state

Where Hajra concentrates geographically, total births since 1990

Geographically diffuse
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Hajra
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
30 10.3%
#2 New Jersey
5 1.7%
New York share of Hajra's total US births 10.3%
Even split

30 of 292 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Hajra?
292 babies have been named Hajra since 1990. All-time, it sits at #16,135 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #9,702 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2017 with 20 births.
Where does Hajra sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hajra ranks #16,135 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,702 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Hajra most popular?
Hajra was most popular in the 2010s decade with 141 total births. The single peak year was 2017.
Where is Hajra most popular?
The top states for the name Hajra are New York (30 births), New Jersey (5 births).
How long has the name Hajra been used?
Records for Hajra go back to 1990, giving 36 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Hajra?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Hajar, Haja, Hajer, Hajira, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Hajra's data

  • Hajra's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (141 total births) through the 2020s (71) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • New York records the most Hajras (30 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Hajra

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Hajra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1990–2025 (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 Hajra 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.