Name Awesome

Khadijah

#1,432 in 2025Girls' name

Alternate transcription of Khadija

Khadijah has been given to 7,603 babies in the U.S. since 1962. In 2025 it ranked #1,432 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1994, with 1,615 recorded.

Babies named Khadijah, 2025

1 in 22,000

Khadijah over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05001K1.5K2K18801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Khadijah: meaning, origin, and history

Alternate transcription of Khadija

Arabic

What Khadijah means

Khadijah is a alternate transcription of Khadija.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Khadijah → Khadija. The family’s meaning is “premature child”, recorded in the naming reference for Khadija.

Origin, language, and formation

Khadijah is used in Indonesian and Malay. Its origins include Arabic.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Khadija.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Indonesian, Khadijah is pronounced /xaˈdid͡ʒah/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 7,596 girls were recorded with the name Khadijah between 1962 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 1,615 in 1994; its best national rank was #184 in 1994.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,692 in 2020 to #1,432 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,877 in 2015 to #1,432 in 2025.

In the United States, 7 boys were recorded with the name Khadijah between 1994 and 1994. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1994; its best national rank was #7,392 in 1994.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Khadijah?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 22,000
151 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 10,600
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,432
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
15,219 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Khadijah sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 15,219 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Khadijah. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Khadijahs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Khadijah was born before 1995 — so the typical Khadijah is around 30 today.

Median birth year
1995
About 30 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
47.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
35.8%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
7,596
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 47.6% of all recorded uses (3,618).

Is Khadijah rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−134
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+260
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+445
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.39×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
9.3%
Peak was 1994 (1,615)
Years since peak
31
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
11.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#184
1994

Khadijah’s breakout year

Among the small set of names that had a single, unmistakable year — a surge well above the years on either side of it.

In 1994, 1,615 girls were named Khadijah — about #184 that year — roughly 6.1× as many as in the surrounding years. What the data can’t say is why; the story behind the year is one you’ll likely recognise. Other one-hit wonders

Spellings of Khadijah

Khadijah is the most-used spelling, taking 37.7% of the 20,150 babies given a near-identical spelling.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Khadijah is used

Across 2016–2025, Khadijah was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in 3,333 girls, against 1 in 9,892 across all states with data. It was least common in Florida (1 in 33,333).

330 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in 3,333
  2. 2Illinois1 in 5,556
  3. 3Maryland1 in 6,250
  4. 4New Jersey1 in 6,250
  5. 5Virginia1 in 7,692
  6. 6Ohio1 in 8,333
  7. 7Michigan1 in 10,000
  8. 8Pennsylvania1 in 11,111

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Khadijah around the world

Where Khadijah ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #216
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2000–2025
    #474
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2014–2023
    #555
    in 2023
  • France
    2005–2025
    #2,153
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1992–2024
    #670
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1997–1997
    #681
    in 1997

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Khadijah in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Khadijah. Linked forms have their own page here.

HaticeKadidjaKhadijaKadiatou

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Khadijah by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,432
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 260
Best rank ever
#184
1994
Peak year
1994
1,615 that year
First recorded
1962
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
7,596
Count in 2025
151

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#7,392
1994
Peak year
1994
7 that year
First recorded
1994
Last recorded
1994
All-time count
7
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Khadijah

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

KhaleesiKhadeejahKhadejahKhadijaKhalilahKhaliyahKhalaniKhaliaKhaliahKharismaKhalessiKhadajahKhamariKhadeejaKhamiyahKhaliyaKhadjahKhaleahKhariKadijahKhamaniKhalilaKhamilleDaijah

Names with a curve like Khadijah

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Khadijah, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

KelseaJalisaShelbiKelsiDevanHaliShaniceBriaAlexKelcieSymoneCady

Sibling names for Khadijah

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

Explore around Khadijah

Top names of 1994, Khadijah's peak yearThe 1990s in fullOther names that peaked in 1994Girls' names starting with KIndonesian Girl NamesMalay Girl NamesMalay Names