Khawaja
Khawaja is an honorific title used across the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia and Central Asia, particularly towards Sufi teachers.
- Urdu
Meaning & Origin of Khawaja
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Khawaja is an honorific title used across the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia and Central Asia, particularly towards Sufi teachers.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Urdu
The Story of Khawaja
American parents first put Khawaja on the record books as a baby boy name in 1989, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1989, when 5 Khawajas were born — ranking #7,906 that year. About 50% of every Khawaja on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Khawaja last appeared in the published SSA data in 2008, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 10 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Khawaja
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Khawaja. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Khwaja
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About the name Khawaja
Khawaja is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1989 and has accumulated 10 births in the dataset. Khawaja's peak popularity came in 1989 when it ranked #7,906. Use the chart and map above to compare Khawaja'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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