Khadeja
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-DEE-ja
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Khadeja is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “premature child”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Khadeja mean?
Arabic: spelling of Khadeejah, itself a spelling of Khadija
“premature child”
Honours Khadija bint Khuwaylid, first wife of the Prophet Muhammad and the first believer in Islam.
Meaning borrowed from Khadeejah.
Is Khadeja a girl's or a boy's name?
Khadeja is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khadeja in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 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, 3 girls in the UK were named Khadeja, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2002, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Khadeja in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2013. 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 Khadeja or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #95, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Khadeja in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,755 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,815 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
Names like Khadeja
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Habiba Safa Faiza Hiba Halima Fariha Saba Sabiha Nabiha Afifa Aaliyah Safia
Other spellings of Khadeja
Names related to Khadeja
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Khadeja: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khadeja, updated 20 October 2026.