Girls' name · since 1965
Khadija
5,271 babies named Khadija in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,481 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #982 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,271
- born since 1965
- 2010s
- peak decade
5,271 babies have been named Khadija since 1965, making it today's #982 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khadija has been recorded 5,271 times among girls since 1965, currently ranked #982 nationally and more common than 94% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1965 to 2025.
- #2,481 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #982 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,271 born since 1965
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khadija ranks #2,481 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #982 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,271 born since 1965, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,481 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #982 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,271
- born since 1965
- 2010s
- peak decade
Khadija's 5,271 recorded births place it above 96.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
27 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Khadija compares
5,271 Top 13% higher than 87% of 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
Khadija's all-time total is 14x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Khadija | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,271 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 258 | 21 | 19,840 |
Khadija's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Khadija's SSA record in two at 1995 and the more recent half accounts for 79% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 21%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1965, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 258, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Khadija popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 258
- Annual births at peak, across 61 years of records
Khadija by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,555 births, 30% of the file).
2010s was Khadija's strongest decade.
1,555 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Khadija births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 38
1960s
38 births
- 1970s 215
1970s
215 births
- 1980s 379
1980s
379 births
- 1990s
1990s
826 births
- 2000s
2000s
963 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,555 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,295 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,555 births (30% of all-time use).
How Khadija compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Khadija's total volume
Khadija by state
Where Khadija concentrates geographically, total births since 1965
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 941 | 17.9% |
| #2 | California | | 428 | 8.1% |
| #3 | Texas | | 256 | 4.9% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 219 | 4.2% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 200 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Minnesota | | 172 | 3.3% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 167 | 3.2% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 157 | 3.0% |
941 of 5,271 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 27 reporting states.
Khadija appears in 27 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Khadija's data
- Khadija's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (1,555 total births) through the 2020s (1,295) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Khadijas (941 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Khadija: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~60 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, 1965–2025 (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 Khadija 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.