Girls' name · since 1962
Khadijah
7,596 babies named Khadijah in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,964 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,433 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,596
- born since 1962
- 1990s
- peak decade
Khadijah currently ranks #1433 among girls' names in America, with 7,596 babies recorded since 1962.
Khadijah has 7,596 recorded births among girls since 1962, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1433 as of the latest data, more common than 92% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1962 to 2025.
- #1,964 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,433 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 7,596 born since 1962
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khadijah ranks #1,964 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,433 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 7,596 born since 1962, peaking in the 1990s.
- #1,964 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,433 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,596
- born since 1962
- 1990s
- peak decade
Khadijah's 7,596 recorded births place it above 97.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
33 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Khadijah compares
7,596 Top 11% higher than 89% 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
Khadijah's all-time total is 20x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Khadijah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 7,596 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,615 | 21 | 19,840 |
Khadijah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Khadijah's full recorded timeline at 1994, 74% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 26% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1962, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1994 peak of 1,615 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Khadijah popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–2025
- Peak year (1994)
- 1,615
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Khadijah popularity over time - boys
7 total births recorded since 1994 (Khadijah as boys' name)
Khadijah by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (3,618 births, 48% of the file).
1990s was Khadijah's strongest decade.
3,618 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Khadijah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 74
1960s
74 births
- 1970s 408
1970s
408 births
- 1980s 672
1980s
672 births
- 1990s
1990s
3,618 births
- 2000s 836
2000s
836 births
- 2010s 1,122
2010s
1,122 births
- 2020s 866
2020s
866 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 3,618 births (48% of all-time use).
How Khadijah 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 Khadijah's total volume
Khadijah by state
Where Khadijah concentrates geographically, total births since 1962
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 1,114 | 14.7% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 491 | 6.5% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 454 | 6.0% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 394 | 5.2% |
| #5 | California | | 380 | 5.0% |
| #6 | Texas | | 361 | 4.8% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 345 | 4.5% |
| #8 | Florida | | 275 | 3.6% |
1,114 of 7,596 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 33 reporting states.
Khadijah appears in 33 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Khadijah's data
- Khadijah's decade-level peak was the 1990s (3,618 total births); usage has since declined to 866 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Khadijahs (1,114 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 Khadijah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~63 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, 1962–2025 (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 Khadijah 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.