Khawaja — boys' name
10 babies named Khawaja in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
10 boys have been named Khawaja since 1989, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2008.
- 10
- total births
- 1989–2008
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
50% of everyone ever named Khawaja was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Khawaja in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Khawaja
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Khawaja between 1989 and 2008, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Khawaja currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Khawaja performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Khawaja shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Khawaja 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 10 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.
Khawaja at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Khawaja popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1989
- Peak year (1989)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
10 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 5 births in a single year.
Khawaja by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 5 births that decade — 50% of Khawaja's all-time total
Khawaja decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Khawaja's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1989–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.