Khady
Khady is a female given name common in Senegal. Notable people with the name include:Khady Diallo, Ivory Coast Francophile and cultural engineer Khady Dieng or Ndeye Dieng, Senegalese basketball player Khady Diop, Senegalese basketball player Khady Hane, Senegalese author Khady Koita, Senegalese activist against violence towards women and FGM Khady Yacine Ngom, Senegalese basketball player Khady…
Meaning & Origin of Khady
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Khady is a female given name common in Senegal. Notable people with the name include:Khady Diallo, Ivory Coast Francophile and cultural engineer Khady Dieng or Ndeye Dieng, Senegalese basketball player Khady Diop, Senegalese basketball player Khady Hane, Senegalese author Khady Koita, Senegalese activist against violence towards women and FGM Khady Yacine Ngom, Senegalese basketball player Khady…
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The Story of Khady
American parents first put Khady on the record books as a baby girl name in 1997, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2024, when 16 Khadys were born — ranking #6,903 that year. About 32% of every Khady on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Khady ranks #6,887 for baby girls with 16 births, rising sharply (+42% over the past five years). All told, over 281 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Khady
Khady is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1997 and has accumulated 281 births in the dataset. Khady's peak popularity came in 2024 when it ranked #6,887. Use the chart and map above to compare Khady's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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