Kadijah — #9672 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kadijah

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,458 babies named Kadijah between 1969 and 2024, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kadijah currently holds the #9672 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 486 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kadijah performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,120 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Kadijah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 112 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Kadijah in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kadijah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,458 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.