Paradise
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- PAIR-uh-dyse
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #4,757 for girls
Paradise is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “walled garden; heaven”. In 2025 it ranked 4,757th for girls in the US (28 babies).
What does Paradise mean?
English: English word, from Old Persian via Greek paradeisos
“walled garden; heaven”
The word traces back to Old Persian pairidaeza, a walled garden or royal park.
Is Paradise a girl's or a boy's name?
Paradise is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Paradise in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 4 girls.
Paradise in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
How popular is Paradise in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,757among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 57,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the US were named Paradise, making it the 4,757th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,675th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 55 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Paradise than any year since 2002.
Half of all the girls named Paradise in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Paradise in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #4,757 |
| 2024 | 32 | #4,386 |
| 2023 | 33 | #4,274 |
| 2022 | 52 | #3,123 |
| 2021 | 41 | #3,677 |
| 2020 | 40 | #3,675 |
| 2019 | 55 | #2,962 |
| 2018 | 48 | #3,292 |
| 2017 | 34 | #4,219 |
| 2016 | 35 | #4,156 |
| 2015 | 30 | #4,583 |
| 2014 | 32 | #4,453 |
| 2013 | 37 | #4,000 |
| 2012 | 44 | #3,582 |
| 2011 | 43 | #3,602 |
| 2010 | 33 | #4,396 |
| 2009 | 34 | #4,369 |
| 2008 | 33 | #4,549 |
| 2007 | 54 | #3,168 |
| 2006 | 48 | #3,367 |
| 2005 | 48 | #3,208 |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,168 |
| 2003 | 36 | #3,801 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,902 |
| 2001 | 26 | #4,559 |
| 2000 | 31 | #3,978 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,864 |
| 1998 | 38 | #3,219 |
| 1997 | 30 | #3,713 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 32 | #3,443 |
| 1993 | 27 | #3,872 |
| 1992 | 25 | #4,082 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,544 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
Names like Paradise
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Esme Maddison Phoebe Amelie Isabelle Primrose Lily Piper Harper Sienna Ellie Anaya
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Paradise: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/paradise, updated 20 October 2026.