How rare is the name Khadija?

7,084 people in the United States have the first name Khadija, about 1 in 42,636. It ranks #3,105 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KHADIJA

#3,105

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,084
About
1 in 42,636
This common or more
81.7%
Who bears it

Of the 7,084 people named Khadija, 41.3% reported their origin as Black, 26.5% as White and 24.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Khadija peaked in 2025, when 258 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19652025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
258
In 2025*
258
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 5,271 babies have been given the name since 1965. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Khadija by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #2,124. The largest share of babies named Khadija, 47.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1960s#10,01038
1970s#5,112215
1980s#4,092379
1990s#3,031826
2000s#3,429963
2010s#2,6211,555
2020s#2,1241,295
Generation X 1965–805.4%
Millennials 1981–9618.6%
Generation Z 1997–1228.7%
2013 and later47.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Khadija is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Khadija has been most common in New York (3.6×), Minnesota (2.7×), and Virginia (2.2×), and least common in North Carolina (0.35×).

3,383 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Khadija

#3,103 Susannah · 7,095#3,104 Kaylen · 7,086#3,106 Jacky · 7,083#3,107 Ramesh · 7,076

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Khadija, most common first.

#3,518 Khadijah · 5,883#22,704 Khadijeh · 436#25,807 Khadeeja · 365#29,486 Khadejah · 300#30,742 Khadiza · 282#30,816 Khadeja · 281#35,546 Khadiga · 226#38,781 Khadijo · 197

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