Khadeeja
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-DEE-ja
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,675 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Khadeeja is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “premature child”. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Khadeeja mean?
Arabic: spelling of Khadija
“premature child”
Khadija bint Khuwaylid, a successful merchant, was the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad and the first person to accept Islam.
Is Khadeeja a girl's or a boy's name?
Khadeeja is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khadeeja in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,675th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Khadeeja, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,948th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 42 girls.
Half of all the girls named Khadeeja in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 613 girls in the UK were given Khadeeja or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #95, up from #2,675 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Khadeeja in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 2019 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2018 | 15 | #2,000 |
| 2017 | 22 | #1,541 |
| 2016 | 28 | #1,291 |
| 2015 | 20 | #1,622 |
| 2014 | 25 | #1,377 |
| 2013 | 41 | #967 |
| 2012 | 40 | #978 |
| 2011 | 40 | #950 |
| 2010 | 42 | #900 |
| 2009 | 27 | #1,212 |
| 2008 | 35 | #978 |
| 2007 | 27 | #1,138 |
| 2006 | 21 | #1,319 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,521 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,564 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,755 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,347 |
| 1998 | 15 | #1,350 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
How popular is Khadeeja in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,489th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 110,000 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, 14 girls in the US were named Khadeeja, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2001, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had more girls named Khadeeja than any year since 2007.
Half of all the girls named Khadeeja in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 443 girls in the US were given Khadeeja or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #650, up from #7,489 for this spelling alone.
Khadeeja in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
Names like Khadeeja
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Aaliyah, Amira, Hafsa, Hiba, Zainab, Halima, Abeeha, Rahma, Safiya, Huda, Sumayyah
Other spellings of Khadeeja
Names related to Khadeeja
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, “Khadeeja: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khadeeja, updated 20 October 2026.