Hagar
Hagar is both a feminine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
- Biblical
- Biblical German
- Biblical Hebrew
- Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Hagar
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hagar is both a feminine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Biblical
- Biblical German
- Biblical Hebrew
- Hebrew
- Arabic
The Story of Hagar
Hagar first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1905, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1998: 11 births, good for #8,015 nationwide. About 34% of every Hagar on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Hagar last appeared in the published SSA data in 2018, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 152 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Hagar
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Hagar. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Hagir
- Hajar
Names that sound like Hagar
Phonetically similar names — useful when Hagar is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Hogar
- Hegar
- Hager
- Haigler
- Hugger
- Hogger
- Hagger
- Haggler
- Haggar
- Hogarth
- Hagler
- Hoger
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Hagar
Hagar is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1905 and has accumulated 152 births in the dataset. Hagar's peak popularity came in 1998 when it ranked #8,015. Use the chart and map above to compare Hagar's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.