Fun Facts About the Name Kadaja
- 52 babies named Kadaja: U.S. records list 52 babies given the name Kadaja from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Kadaja Mean?
Kadaja is a feminine Estonian name meaning "juniper," the evergreen shrub. It comes from the Finnic word for juniper, represented in standard Estonian by kadakas and in Finnish by kataja; Kadaja is a related form of the same root. The meaning is literal: the name is a plant word used as a personal name, not a religious or symbolic coinage.
Kadaja Name History & Origins
Estonian nature names became more visible in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when Estonian speakers increasingly chose names from their own language and landscape rather than from German or Russian traditions. Kadaja fits that pattern as a name taken from a common Baltic shrub. It has remained a rare given name.
Unlike Kadri, which developed from the Christian name Catherine, Kadaja has no saint's-day tradition or religious narrative. Its history is the adoption of an ordinary Estonian plant word as a personal name.
How Popular is the Name Kadaja?
Kadaja has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1999. Its best rank was #10,815 in 1999.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | #16,969 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #16,701 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #12,687 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2000 | #11,222 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1999 | #10,815 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1998 | #11,704 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1997 | #11,392 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1995 | #14,443 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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