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How popular is the name Khadijah?
Births per year, rank history and how many Khadijahs are alive today.
Khadijah (female), a spelling of Khadija, sits just outside the top 100 girls' names in England and Wales, ranked 216th in 2025 with 219 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2015, when 267 babies were given the name, the 203rd most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2024, with 245 babies given the name that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 250 in 2021 before climbing back to the 216th place it holds today. Numbers have been rising in recent years.
Across all spellings of the name, the Khadija you are most likely to meet is around 11 years old. Half of all Khadijas born in England and Wales are between 6 and 19, and there are at least 13,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 4% chance that at least one of them will be called Khadija.
How many babies are named Khadijah each year?
Includes all spellings: Khadijah, Khadeeja, Khadeejah, Khadija. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Khadijah spelling rank?
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Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Khadijah most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Khadija, peaked in 2015, when 620 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Khadijah spelling itself peaked in 2015, with 267 babies.
How many people are called Khadijah?
At least 13,000 people named Khadijah in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Khadijah?
Most living Khadijahs are between 6 and 19; the most common age is about 11.
Is Khadijah becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.