Kadiatou
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-dee-AH-too
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,066 for girls
Kadiatou is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “born early”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 4,066th for girls in the US (35 babies).
What does Kadiatou mean?
Arabic: West African form of Khadija
“born early”
A Guinean and Malian form of Khadija, the name of the Prophet Muhammad's first wife.
Is Kadiatou a girl's or a boy's name?
Kadiatou is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 35 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kadiatou in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Kadiatou, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2013, with 6 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Kadiatou in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
How popular is Kadiatou in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,066th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the US were named Kadiatou, making it the 4,066th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 39 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Kadiatou in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kadiatou in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #4,066 |
| 2024 | 39 | #3,822 |
| 2023 | 25 | #5,123 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,484 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,412 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,377 |
| 2008 | 25 | #5,571 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 24 | #5,544 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,795 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,414 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
Names like Kadiatou
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Aaliyah, Hafsa, Ayah, Khadija, Nusaybah, Hiba, Amira, Sumayyah, Ruqayyah, Safiya
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Kadiatou: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kadiatou, updated 20 October 2026.