Khadejah
A feminine name of Arabic origin meaning "the earliest" or "the early one".
Name Census estimates that about 276 living Americans carry the first name Khadejah. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Khadejah today is around 30 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Khadejah births was 1994 (115 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Khadejah. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Khadejah with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
276
~ 1 in 1,241,864 Americans
Peak year
1994
115 babies that year
Average age
30
years old
2007 SSA rank
#16,576
Tracked since 1984
Census
Khadejah in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 301 people with the first name Khadejah, which placed it at #29,423 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#29,423
National first-name rank
People counted
301
301 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Black or African American
79.1% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Khadejah
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Khadejah is Black at 79.1%. The next largest groups are White (9.6%) and Two or More Races (8.0%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Khadejah described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Khadejah at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Black or African American79.1% · 238
- White9.6% · 29
- Two or more races8.0% · 24
- Asian and Pacific Islander2.0% · 6
- Hispanic or Latino1.3% · 4
Popularity
Khadejah: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Khadejah from the 1980s through to the 2000s, spanning 3 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1990s, with 237 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1990s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Khadejah by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Khadejah during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Khadejahs live
The SSA's state-level files cover 10 states and territories. Florida, New York, Alabama recorded the most babies named Khadejah, while Virginia, Michigan, Louisiana recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 8 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Khadejah
The name Khadejah is of Arabic origin and has its roots in the Islamic tradition. It is a variant spelling of the name Khadijah, which was the name of the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
Khadijah was a successful businesswoman in Mecca during the 7th century CE. She hired Muhammad as a merchant to handle her trade caravans, and was so impressed by his honesty and character that she proposed marriage to him. Their marriage was a devoted and loving partnership, and Khadijah was the first person to embrace Islam after Muhammad received his first revelation from God.
The name Khadejah is derived from the Arabic root word "khadija," which means "to become new" or "to begin anew." This reflects Khadijah's significance as the first believer in Islam and her unwavering support for Muhammad's prophetic mission. Her name is associated with virtues such as patience, wisdom, and loyalty.
One of the earliest recorded mentions of the name Khadijah can be found in the Quran, the sacred text of Islam, where she is referred to as "the purified one" and is celebrated for her piety and devotion.
Throughout history, several notable women have borne the name Khadejah or its variants. One such example is Khadejah bint Khuwaylid (555-624 CE), who was the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad and the first Muslim woman. Another prominent figure was Khadijah al-Kubra (d. 1238 CE), a Sufi mystic and poet from Seville, Spain.
Other historical figures with the name Khadejah include Khadejah Bint Al-Azhar (d. 1412 CE), a Syrian scholar and poet; Khadejah Al-Tayyeb (1904-1996), a Sudanese writer and activist; and Khadejah Qahtani (1928-2014), a Saudi Arabian educator and advocate for women's rights.
People
Khadejah + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Khadejah as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with K
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Khadejah: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Khadejah?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 276 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Khadejah going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 1,241,864 US residents.
Is Khadejah a common name?
We classify Khadejah as "Very Rare". It ranks above 78.3% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 285 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Khadejah most popular?
The single biggest year for Khadejah was 1994, when 115 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Khadejah is about 30 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Khadejah in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 301 people with the name Khadejah, or 0.10 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #29,423 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Khadejah in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Khadejah?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Khadejah appears almost entirely female. Of the 300 people counted with this name, 100.0% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Khadejah?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Khadejah is Black at 79.1%. The next largest groups are White (9.6%) and Two or More Races (8.0%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Khadejah most often in the Census?
Black is the largest reported group for people named Khadejah in the 2020 Census, accounting for 79.1% (238 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Khadejah in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Khadejah a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Khadejah in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Khadejah still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Khadejah in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Khadejah can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people share the name Khadejah?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.