Khadija
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Swahili Name Meaning "Born Prematurely."
- Origin
- African
Khadija Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 5,013 baby girls have been named Khadija. The name peaked in 2024 with 231 US births that year (rank #1073). In 2024, ranked #1073 nationally.
Top States for Khadija
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Khadija births are: New York (834), California (387), Texas (227).
Other African-Origin Names Like Khadija
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7-Letter Names Starting with K
Names with Khadija's exact length and starting letter: Kachada, Kachina, Kadeen,, Kadeer,, Kadence.
Quick Facts About Khadija
US Popularity History (2025–2025)
Annual US births named Khadija by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2025 with 258 girls named Khadija (girl rank #982 that year).
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Khadija Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Khadija the strongest states are New York, Minnesota, New Jersey.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | #455 | 366 |
| 2 | Minnesota | #533 | 98 |
| 3 | New Jersey | #774 | 70 |
| 4 | Maryland | #776 | 27 |
| 5 | Ohio | #784 | 89 |
| 6 | Virginia | #797 | 47 |
| 7 | Illinois | #828 | 66 |
| 8 | Michigan | #833 | 37 |
| 9 | Pennsylvania | #908 | 44 |
| 10 | Washington | #954 | 33 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington | #954 | 33 |
| 2 | Pennsylvania | #908 | 44 |
| 3 | Michigan | #833 | 37 |
| 4 | Illinois | #828 | 66 |
| 5 | Virginia | #797 | 47 |
| 6 | Ohio | #784 | 89 |
| 7 | Maryland | #776 | 27 |
| 8 | New Jersey | #774 | 70 |
| 9 | Minnesota | #533 | 98 |
| 10 | New York | #455 | 366 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Khadija in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
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Compare Khadija to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Khadija against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).