Kadijah
Kadijah was the 12504th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1994, when it ranked 513th with 486 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,184 places. More babies were named Kadijah in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #12,504 girls, up 1,725 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 7girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1994486 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,465babies recorded
Kadijah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,504 | 7 |
| 2020 | #14,229 | 6 |
| 2010 | #12,839 | 8 |
| 2000 | #3,772 | 34 |
| 1990 | #8,813 | 9 |
| 1980 | — | — |
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| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Kadijah, counting every spelling?
Kadijah is a spelling of Kadija, a name family that had 15 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 15 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kadija | 8 | #11,378 | 41 |
| Kadijah | 7 | #12,504 | 36 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Kadijah?
7 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kadijah (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Kadijah born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,224 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kadijah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kadijah?
About 1,400 people born in the US named Kadijah are alive today, with a median age of 32; half are between 29 and 33. That makes Kadijah mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kadijah: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kadijah, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kadijah
How popular is the name Kadijah?
Kadijah was the 12504th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1994, when it ranked 513th with 486 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,184 places. More babies were named Kadijah in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Kadijah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Kadijah in the US.