Fun Facts About the Name Bahar
- 605 babies named Bahar: U.S. records list 605 babies given the name Bahar from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Bahar Mean?
Bahar means "spring," the season, and by extension "blossom" or "bloom." It comes from Persian bahār (بهار), the everyday Persian word for spring. The Persian word goes back to Middle Persian wahār and belongs to an old Indo-European set of words for the season that also includes Sanskrit vasantá- and Latin vēr. In Persian the same word names the season and the flowering that comes with it, and the given name carries both senses.
Turkish bahar "spring" was taken from Persian, and through Turkish and Persian the name is also used in Azerbaijani, Kurdish, and Urdu-speaking communities. Arabic has a similar-looking word, bahār (بَهَار), meaning "spice" or "spices" - Turkish baharat "spice" comes from it - but Arabic uses rabīʿ for the spring season, and the Arabic spice word is a separate term, not the source of the name's spring meaning. Where Bahar is given as a name in Arabic-speaking regions, the spring sense reflects Persian and Turkish usage rather than an Arabic word for the season.
Bahar Name History & Origins
Because bahār is a common Persian noun, it appears constantly in Persian literature as the word for spring and the season of flowering; as a personal name it is used in Iran, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Kurdish areas, and in South Asia among speakers of Persian and Urdu. In Turkish the word is standard for the season and also appears in compounds such as ilkbahar ("spring," literally "first spring"). Turkish spelling keeps the Persian form bahar, so the Turkish and Persian names are the same word rather than two separate developments.
The Iranian poet and scholar Mohammad-Taqi Bahār (1886 - 1951), honored with the title Malek o-Sho'arā ("king of poets"), wrote under the pen name Bahār. The word also has a life in music: Raga Bahar is a Hindustani classical raga associated with spring. Beyond the shared Persian noun, the name's individual history in each language is not well documented, and the name's use as a surname as well as a given name in Iran should not be confused with its origin as a word for the season.
How Popular is the Name Bahar?
Bahar has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2024. Its best rank was #4,118 in 2024.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,568 | 30 | 0.0019% |
| 2024 | #4,118 | 35 | 0.0022% |
| 2023 | #5,778 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2022 | #5,334 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 2021 | #6,204 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 2020 | #4,898 | 26 | 0.0016% |
| 2019 | #5,457 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2018 | #5,184 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 2017 | #7,506 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2016 | #5,156 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2015 | #5,000 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2014 | #6,238 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2013 | #7,436 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2011 | #7,851 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2010 | #9,878 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2009 | #8,117 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2008 | #9,048 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2007 | #10,226 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2006 | #11,580 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2005 | #14,758 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2004 | #10,816 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2003 | #6,931 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2002 | #8,369 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2001 | #10,218 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2000 | #13,376 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #10,477 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1998 | #7,603 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1996 | #7,646 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1995 | #8,852 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #11,948 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #6,651 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1992 | #7,568 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1991 | #6,289 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1990 | #13,190 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #7,001 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1988 | #9,336 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1987 | #5,952 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1986 | #11,067 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #9,408 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #6,759 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1982 | #9,334 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1980 | #8,243 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1979 | #6,739 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1977 | #9,766 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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