Bahar
Feminine · “spring”
Bahar is the Persian word for spring, and Persian poetry has made that season carry more weight than almost any other image.
How old is the name Bahar?
Bahar first appears in US birth records in 1977 — 48 years ago. The typical Bahar is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Bahar are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Bahar most popular?
Bahar peaked in 2024, reaching #4114 nationally. Today it ranks #4546, 432 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Bahar
The Persian new year begins at the vernal equinox, not in midwinter, so spring is literally the start of the year and the whole calendar is built around it — Nowruz means new day and the celebration is over three thousand years old. Classical Persian verse uses bahar constantly for renewal, for youth and for the garden in bloom. The name is used across Iran, Turkey and South Asia.
Meaning
spring, blossom
From Persian bahar, the season of spring and by extension blossom; the word traveled into Turkish, Urdu and Hindi with the same sense. Nowruz, the Persian new year, falls at the spring equinox.
Pronouncing Bahar
bah-HAR
Two syllables with the stress on the second. English speakers often say BAH-har.
Nicknames for Bahar
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1977
- Most girls named
- 202435 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #4114reached in 2024
- Change vs 2024
- −14.3%30 in 2025, from 35
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Bahar in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- بهار in Persian — transliteration
- Bahar in Turkish — same name
- Bahar in Urdu — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Virginia, Texas.
Bahars among us
people named Bahar are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 53,576 born in 2025 was named Bahar
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Rickia test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Bahar's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Rickia climbed just as high around 1994, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Rickia's path sketches the road Bahar is walking now.
Bahar sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Bahar is headed
Bahar looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 17% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Bahar beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Bahar in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning tied to a season that begins the year in its own culture.
- Five letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- Recognized across Iran, Turkey and South Asia without explanation.
- The stress moves to the front in English mouths.
- It is unfamiliar in America and will be spelled out constantly.
- It is close to Bahar, Behar and Baher in transliteration.
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Frequently asked
- How many Bahars are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Bahar are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Bahar in 2025?
- Bahar ranks #4546 among US girl names in 2025, with 30 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Bahar?
- About 1 in every 53,576 US girls born in 2025 was named Bahar — 30 in all.
- Will my child share the name Bahar with classmates?
- Bahar will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Bahar
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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