How Many People Are Named Hagar?
people named Hagar are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,513,123 people in the US has this name
Based on 157 babies named Hagar in Social Security records from 1905 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
11 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Possibly means "flight" in Hebrew, though it could also be of unknown Egyptian origin. In the Old Testament she is the concubine of Abraham and the mother of Ishmael, the founder of the Arab people. After Abraham's wife Sarah finally gave birth to a child, she had Hagar and Ishmael expelled into the desert. However, God heard their crying and saved them.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Hagar in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hagar alive today is about 21 years old, and 79% are under 30. Half of them were between 15 and 27 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hagar first appears in the records in 1905 and was given most often in 1998, to 11 babies. In 2025, 5 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1905 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Hagar has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,065, in 1905. In 2025 it ranked #15,722.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #15,722 |
| Best rank | #2,065 (1905) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #14,763 in the 2000s |
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