Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Hadja isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hadja through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 186
- 0 boys · 186 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,363 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +77%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,363 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 328 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hadja’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Hadja
- Hadja LahbibBelgian politicianborn 1970
- Hadja Fatimata OuattaraBurkinabe politicianborn 1950
- Hadja Idrissa BahGuinean activistborn 1999
- Hajja Kashif BadriSudanese women's rights activist1933–2018
- Hadja Mémounatou IbrahimaTogolese politicianborn 1966
- Hadja CisséSenegalese handball playerborn 1991
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.