Hadja
Girl · HAD-jah · Arabic
Hadja is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “woman who has made the pilgrimage”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Hadja mean?
Arabic: West African form of Arabic hajja
“woman who has made the pilgrimage”
In Guinea and neighbouring countries Hadja is the title of a woman who has made the Hajj, and is also given as a name.
- Say it
- HAD-jah
Is Hadja a girl's or a boy's name?
Hadja is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hadja in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Hadja, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the girls named Hadja in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hadja in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
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