Kadija
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-DEE-ja
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Kadija is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “premature child”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Kadija mean?
Arabic: spelling of Khadija; from Arabic Khadija
“premature child”
Khadija bint Khuwaylid, a respected Meccan merchant, was the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad and the first person to accept Islam.
Meaning borrowed from Khadija. More on Wiktionary.
Is Kadija a girl's or a boy's name?
Kadija is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kadija in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Kadija, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2008, with 18 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kadija in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 613 girls in the UK were given Kadija or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #95, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Kadija in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 13 | #2,037 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,620 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 15 | #1,561 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,723 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Kadija in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 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, 8 girls in the US were named Kadija, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 60 girls. It first appears in the records in 1986.
Half of all the girls named Kadija in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 443 girls in the US were given Kadija or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #650, up from #10,913 for this spelling alone.
Kadija in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,382 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 25 | #4,236 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 60 | #2,204 |
| 1993 | 33 | #3,346 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
Names like Kadija
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Aaliyah, Amira, Hafsa, Hiba, Halima, Zainab, Huda, Safiya, Rahma, Sumayyah, Aisha
Other spellings of Kadija
Names related to Kadija
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo, Liyana
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, “Kadija: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kadija, updated 20 October 2026.