How rare is the name Khadijah?

5,883 people in the United States have the first name Khadijah, about 1 in 51,340. It ranks #3,518 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KHADIJAH

#3,518

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,883
About
1 in 51,340
This common or more
82.5%
Who bears it

Of the 5,883 people named Khadijah, 75.4% reported their origin as Black, 9.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 5.9% as White. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Khadijah peaked in 1994, when 1,622 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19622025
Peak year
1994
Births that year
1,622
In 2025*
151 ▼91%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 7,603 babies have been given the name since 1962. 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.

Khadijah by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,160. The largest share of babies named Khadijah, 48.9%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1960s#7,55974
1970s#3,362408
1980s#2,816672
1990s#1,1603,625
2000s#3,780836
2010s#3,2911,122
2020s#2,761866
Baby boom 1946–640.3%
Generation X 1965–806.9%
Millennials 1981–9648.9%
Generation Z 1997–1221.2%
2013 and later22.7%

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 Khadijah is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Khadijah has been most common in New Jersey (3.1×), New York (2.5×), and South Carolina (2.2×), and least common in Wisconsin (0.27×).

5,716 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 Khadijah

#3,516 Jemma · 5,887#3,517 Marcello · 5,884#3,519 Ilona · 5,882#3,520 Giovanny · 5,876

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,105 Khadija · 7,084#22,704 Khadijeh · 436#29,486 Khadejah · 300#30,742 Khadiza · 282#30,816 Khadeja · 281#35,546 Khadiga · 226#36,929 Khadeejah · 213#38,781 Khadijo · 197

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