Girls' name · since 1968
Padma
Padma has 58 recorded births since 1968 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #33,329 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,159 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 58
- born since 1968
- 2000s
- peak decade
58 babies have been named Padma since 1968, making it today's #12159 girls' name.
Padma has 58 recorded births among girls since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12159 as of the latest data, more common than 30% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2025.
- #33,329 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,159 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 58 born since 1968
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Padma ranks #33,329 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,159 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 58 born since 1968, peaking in the 2000s.
- #33,329 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,159 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 58
- born since 1968
- 2000s
- peak decade
Padma's 58 recorded births place it above 53.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Padma compares
58 17th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Padma's all-time total is 85% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Padma | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 58 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Padma's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Padma's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1968, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Padma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Padma by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (19 births, 33% of the file).
2000s was Padma's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Padma births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
19 births
- 2010s
2010s
16 births
- 2020s
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 19 births (33% of all-time use).
Padma by state
Where Padma concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 8.6% |
5 of 58 births nationwide.
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What to do with Padma's data
- Padma's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (19 total births) through the 2020s (12) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Padmas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Padma: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~57 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1968–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Padma draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.