Given name
Khadeeja
“a perfect woman”·“a child born prematurely”
Khadeeja is a variant of Khadija. Interpretations include “a perfect woman” and “a child born prematurely”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Khadeeja is a variant of Khadija. Interpretations include “a perfect woman” and “a child born prematurely”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Khadeeja through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 288
- 0 boys · 288 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #7,691 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +13%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,691 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 15 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 365 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.
Khadeeja’s family of names
Khadeeja has a related form in Khadija.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Khadeeja
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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