Kadejah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kuh-DEE-juh
- Origin
- Arabic
Kadejah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “born prematurely”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kadejah mean?
Arabic: variant spelling of Khadijah
“born prematurely”
A variant spelling of Khadijah, the name of Khadija bint Khuwaylid, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
Is Kadejah a girl's or a boy's name?
Kadejah is a girls' name.
How popular is Kadejah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1994, with 135 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the girls named Kadejah in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kadejah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 31 | #3,623 |
| 1996 | 30 | #3,627 |
| 1995 | 42 | #2,840 |
| 1994 | 135 | #1,261 |
| 1993 | 68 | #2,028 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
Names like Kadejah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Farah, Farrah, Kamilah, Zakiyah, Samiyah, Hadassah, Kaliyah, Khadija, Sumayyah, Aliya, Ruqayyah
Names related to Kadejah
Khadijah, Kadija, Kadijah, Khadeeja, Khadeejah, Kadeja, Khadejah, Khadeja
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kadejah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kadejah, updated 20 October 2026.