# Khadija (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/khadija/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /xəˈdiːd͡ʒə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,271 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,271 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6,288, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَدِيجَة (ḵadīja).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 104 | 1,921 |
| 2012 | 134 | 1,618 |
| 2013 | 135 | 1,591 |
| 2014 | 163 | 1,406 |
| 2015 | 177 | 1,344 |
| 2016 | 177 | 1,342 |
| 2017 | 169 | 1,369 |
| 2018 | 171 | 1,329 |
| 2019 | 211 | 1,144 |
| 2020 | 177 | 1,268 |
| 2021 | 208 | 1,177 |
| 2022 | 219 | 1,124 |
| 2023 | 202 | 1,193 |
| 2024 | 231 | 1,075 |
| 2025 | 258 | 982 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 226 | 224 |
| 2012 | 273 | 190 |
| 2013 | 249 | 204 |
| 2014 | 284 | 187 |
| 2015 | 294 | 186 |
| 2016 | 305 | 178 |
| 2017 | 283 | 188 |
| 2018 | 321 | 167 |
| 2019 | 295 | 171 |
| 2020 | 273 | 182 |
| 2021 | 268 | 193 |
| 2022 | 286 | 179 |
| 2023 | 305 | 169 |
| 2024 | 346 | 143 |
| 2025 | 340 | 146 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: خَدِيجَة
- German: Chadidscha
- Hindi: ख़दीजा
- Indonesian: Khadijah
- Japanese: ハディージャ
- Spanish: Jadiya
- Turkish: Hatice

## People named Khadija

- Khadija bint Khuwaylid, First wife of Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ, First believer in Islam and Prophet Muhammad’s most belo
- Khadija Arib, Dutch former politician, civil servant, educator and social worker
- Khadija Gayibova, Azerbaijani musician (1893–1938)
- Khadija Benguenna, Algerian journalist
- Khadija Saye, Gambian-British photographer (1992–2017)
- Khadija Gbla, Australian anti-FGM advocate
- Khadija Alibeyova, Azerbaijani educator, publicist
- Khadija Abbouda, archer
- Khadija Mushtaq, educator
- Xədicə İsmayılova, Azerbaijani investigative journalist and radio host
- Nouria Kazdarli, Algerian actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.