Khadijah

#1,427 for girls in 2025, 151 births · Last seen for boys in 1994 at #6,968
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1994 · 1,615 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,596
since 1962

Khadijah over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Khadijah has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201962peak #184, 1994girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,427151—
2024#1,296178—
2023#1,402160—
2022#1,573135—
2021#1,710121—
2020#1,687121—
2019#1,614131—
2018#1,577137—
2017#1,643131—
2016#1,598138—
2015#1,872109—
2014#1,853109—
2013#1,880107—
2012#2,23284—
2011#2,04395—
2010#2,34181—
2009#2,54873—
2008#2,48576—
2007#2,89062—
2006#2,91659—
2005#2,31477—
2004#2,04489—
2003#1,755107—
2002#1,86695—
2001#1,86194—
2000#1,689104—
1999#1,390127—
1998#1,046188—
1997#985198—
1996#792261—
1995#541438—
1994#1841,615#6,9687
1993#544435—
1992#1,116159—
1991#1,57597—
1990#1,533100—
1989#1,75077—
1988#1,68676—
1987#1,73369—
1986#1,56277—
1985#1,74065—
1984#1,86657—
1983#1,79859—
1982#1,90056—
1981#1,66369—
1980#1,69267—
1979#1,53076—
1978#1,53772—
1977#1,71760—
1976#2,21038—
1975#2,41133—
1974#2,61628—
1973#2,09438—
1972#2,82024—
1971#3,26620—
1970#3,31119—
1969#3,19918—
1968#5,1478—
1967#4,30010—
1966#6,5645—
1965#4,8318—
1964#4,35510—
1963#4,27210—
1962#6,5785—
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First appearance
1962

The first year at least five girls were named Khadijah! It came in at #6,578, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1962, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Khadijah is popular in 1962

No state had 5 or more girls named Khadijah in 1962, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Khadijah
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 131 spots since 2024 (#1,296 → #1,427)
  • 260 spots since 2020 (#1,687 → #1,427)
  • 445 spots since 2015 (#1,872 → #1,427)
  • Biggest jump: 572 spots in 1993 (#1,116 → #544)
  • Biggest drop: 357 spots in 1995 (#184 → #541)
Rise & fade · girls
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1962
  • Peaked 1994 at #184 (1,615 births)
  • Births halved by 1995, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1993–1997
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,106
  • Highest: 1 in 1,106 girls born in 1994 were named Khadijah (0.09%)
  • Latest: 1 in 10,644 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 47.6% of all girls named Khadijah (3,618) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s74#3,199 (1969)#4,906
1970s408#1,530 (1979)#2,351
1980s672#1,562 (1986)#1,739
1990s3,618#184 (1994)#971
2000s836#1,689 (2000)#2,237
2010s1,122#1,577 (2018)#1,865
2020s866#1,296 (2024)#1,516

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Khadijah in 1962

girls
#6,578
5 births · 1 in 393,321 girls

Top girls' names in 1962

  1. #1Lisa46,069
  2. #2Mary43,502
  3. #3Susan35,752
  4. #4Karen35,184
  5. #5Linda31,461
  6. #6Patricia26,532
  7. #7Donna25,719
  8. #8Cynthia24,025
  9. #9Deborah22,889
  10. #10Sandra22,420
  11. #6,578Khadijah5
More about 1962

girls

1,966,603 girls got a published name in 1962; 1 in 393,321 of them was named Khadijah, which outranked 13.3% of the 7,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Khadijah
  1. #5,860Zenovia6
  2. #5,860Zerita6
  3. #5,860Zipporah6
  4. #6,578Khadijah5
  5. #6,578Abbigail5
  6. #6,578Adoree5
  7. #6,578Adoria5

Tied with 1,006 names at #6,578; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1961
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,281Tiffany#2,070 → #789
  2. ↑ 879Whitney#1,627 → #748
  3. ↑ 541Zina#1,533 → #992
  4. ↑ 414Glynis#1,406 → #992
  5. ↑ 408Lolita#978 → #570
Fallers
  1. ↓ 300Fern#821 → #1,121
  2. ↓ 259Jacklyn#815 → #1,074
  3. ↓ 255Dorthy#929 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 224Laurene#943 → #1,167
  5. ↓ 215Jimmie#911 → #1,126

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1962 →