Girls' name · since 1980
Khadeeja
Khadeeja has 288 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2001 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,275 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,629 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 288
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Khadeeja is the #7629 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 288 recorded since 1980.
Social Security Administration records show Khadeeja recorded 288 times among girls since 1980, holding rank #7629 nationally today, ahead of 56% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #16,275 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,629 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 288 born since 1980
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khadeeja ranks #16,275 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,629 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 288 born since 1980, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16,275 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,629 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 288
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Khadeeja's 288 recorded births place it above 77.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Khadeeja compares
288 44th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Khadeeja's all-time total is 23% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Khadeeja | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 288 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Khadeeja's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Khadeeja splits its recorded history at 2006: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2001 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Khadeeja popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (2001)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Khadeeja by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (105 births, 36% of the file).
2000s was Khadeeja's strongest decade.
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Khadeeja births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 19
1980s
19 births
- 1990s
1990s
61 births
- 2000s
2000s
105 births
- 2010s
2010s
69 births
- 2020s 34
2020s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 105 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Khadeeja's decade-level peak was the 2000s (105 total births); usage has since declined to 34 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Khadeeja: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~45 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1980–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Khadeeja draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.