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Khadim

Boy · KAH-dim · Arabic

Khadim is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “servant”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).

What does Khadim mean?

Arabic: Arabic khadim, used especially in Senegal

“servant”

Senegalese Mourides use it in honour of Ahmadou Bamba, their founder, called Khadim ar-Rasul, 'servant of the Prophet'.

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Is Khadim a girl's or a boy's name?

Khadim is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Khadim in the US?

Rank in 2025
#7,675among boys
Babies in 2025
10about 1 in 170,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Khadim, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.

Half of all the boys named Khadim in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

1998Busiest: 16 in 20082025
Khadim in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202510#7,675
202412#6,827
20239#8,250
20227#9,815
20218#8,820
20205#12,016
20199#8,209
201816#5,536
20178#8,835
20166#10,739
20158#8,739
20148#8,775
20138#8,784
20129#8,152
20116#10,801
20105#12,224
20096#10,989
200816#5,482
20079#8,169
20066#10,655
20058#8,292
200410#6,970
200310#6,708
200210#6,515
20018#7,529
200010#6,309
19999#6,524
19986#8,472

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