Khadijah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-DEE-ja
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #231 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,427 for girls
Khadijah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “premature child”. In 2025 it ranked 231st for girls in the UK (225 babies) and 1,427th for girls in the US (151 babies).
What does Khadijah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Khadija
“premature child”
Honours Khadija bint Khuwaylid, the Prophet Muhammad's first wife, revered in Islam as Mother of the Believers.
Is Khadijah a girl's or a boy's name?
Khadijah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 225 girls in the UK and 151 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khadijah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #231among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 225about 1 in 1,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 225 girls in the UK were named Khadijah, making it the 231st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 255th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 273 girls.
Half of all the girls named Khadijah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 613 girls in the UK were given Khadijah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #95, up from #231 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 216th in England and Wales and 474th in Scotland.
Khadijah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 225 | #231 |
| 2024 | 250 | #211 |
| 2023 | 237 | #221 |
| 2022 | 224 | #233 |
| 2021 | 194 | #270 |
| 2020 | 203 | #255 |
| 2019 | 230 | #232 |
| 2018 | 253 | #221 |
| 2017 | 219 | #255 |
| 2016 | 232 | #246 |
| 2015 | 273 | #214 |
| 2014 | 254 | #228 |
| 2013 | 250 | #224 |
| 2012 | 254 | #218 |
| 2011 | 213 | #264 |
| 2010 | 184 | #288 |
| 2009 | 171 | #301 |
| 2008 | 159 | #323 |
| 2007 | 129 | #369 |
| 2006 | 147 | #329 |
| 2005 | 127 | #348 |
| 2004 | 105 | #392 |
| 2003 | 110 | #373 |
| 2002 | 95 | #387 |
| 2001 | 87 | #413 |
| 2000 | 77 | #444 |
| 1999 | 69 | #481 |
| 1998 | 39 | #695 |
| 1997 | 46 | #626 |
| 1996 | 35 | #719 |
How popular is Khadijah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,427among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 151about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 151 girls in the US were named Khadijah, making it the 1,427th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,687th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 1,615 girls. It first appears in the records in 1962.
Half of all the girls named Khadijah in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 443 girls in the US were given Khadijah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #650, up from #1,427 for this spelling alone.
Khadijah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 151 | #1,427 |
| 2024 | 178 | #1,296 |
| 2023 | 160 | #1,402 |
| 2022 | 135 | #1,573 |
| 2021 | 121 | #1,710 |
| 2020 | 121 | #1,687 |
| 2019 | 131 | #1,614 |
| 2018 | 137 | #1,577 |
| 2017 | 131 | #1,643 |
| 2016 | 138 | #1,598 |
| 2015 | 109 | #1,872 |
| 2014 | 109 | #1,853 |
| 2013 | 107 | #1,880 |
| 2012 | 84 | #2,232 |
| 2011 | 95 | #2,043 |
| 2010 | 81 | #2,341 |
| 2009 | 73 | #2,547 |
| 2008 | 76 | #2,485 |
| 2007 | 62 | #2,890 |
| 2006 | 59 | #2,915 |
| 2005 | 77 | #2,312 |
| 2004 | 89 | #2,042 |
| 2003 | 107 | #1,754 |
| 2002 | 95 | #1,864 |
| 2001 | 94 | #1,857 |
| 2000 | 104 | #1,686 |
| 1999 | 127 | #1,388 |
| 1998 | 188 | #1,045 |
| 1997 | 198 | #984 |
| 1996 | 261 | #792 |
| 1995 | 438 | #541 |
| 1994 | 1,615 | #184 |
| 1993 | 435 | #544 |
| 1992 | 159 | #1,114 |
| 1991 | 97 | #1,569 |
| 1990 | 100 | #1,529 |
| 1989 | 77 | #1,746 |
| 1988 | 76 | #1,684 |
| 1987 | 69 | #1,732 |
| 1986 | 77 | #1,561 |
| 1985 | 65 | #1,739 |
| 1984 | 57 | #1,866 |
| 1983 | 59 | #1,797 |
| 1982 | 56 | #1,900 |
| 1981 | 69 | #1,663 |
| 1980 | 67 | #1,692 |
| 1979 | 76 | #1,530 |
| 1978 | 72 | #1,537 |
| 1977 | 60 | #1,717 |
| 1976 | 38 | #2,210 |
| 1975 | 33 | #2,411 |
| 1974 | 28 | #2,616 |
| 1973 | 38 | #2,094 |
| 1972 | 24 | #2,820 |
| 1971 | 20 | #3,266 |
| 1970 | 19 | #3,311 |
| 1969 | 18 | #3,198 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,354 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,271 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
Names like Khadijah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Zainab Safa Ayah Summer Amira Nusaybah Sumayyah Hafsa Hiba Ruqayyah Safiya
Other spellings of Khadijah
Names related to Khadijah
More Arabic names
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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, “Khadijah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khadijah, updated 20 October 2026.