Padme
Girl · PAD-may · Sanskrit
Padme is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “in the lotus”. In 2025 it ranked 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
What does Padme mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit padma 'lotus', popularised by Star Wars
“in the lotus”
Borne by Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars prequels; padme is Sanskrit for 'in the lotus', as in the mantra Om mani padme hum.
- Say it
- PAD-may
Is Padme a girl's or a boy's name?
Padme is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Padme in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 3 girls.
Padme in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 2 | #7,579 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
How popular is Padme in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,237among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 111% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Padme, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. It first appears in the records in 2006.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most girls named Padme of any year since it first appeared, in 2006.
Half of all the girls named Padme in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Padme in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
Names like Padme
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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