Hagar comes from the Biblical / Hebrew / Aramaic tradition, meaning Flight or forsaken.
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How popular is Hagar?
1998peak year
Hagar first appears in the U.S. registration record in 1905. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 1998, 11 babies received the name (ranked #8192). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #14290), with roughly 7 babies named Hagar each year. In total, around 152 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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