Padma — girls' name

What the Data Says About Padma

The Social Security Administration has registered 51 babies named Padma between 1968 and 2022, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Padma currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Padma performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Padma shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Padma in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Padma in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 51 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.