MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ajab mean?
Ajab comes through Urdu from Arabic ʿajab, wonder or amazement. Hindi also uses it as an adjective for something extraordinary or surprising.
Meaning themes
wonder
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अजब
Conventional spelling
Arabic
عجب
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ajab in Indian usage
18,666 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (87.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 2,409 records (12.9%).
- Recorded as male: 16,257 records (87.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 423 |
| 1940s | 1,077 |
| 1950s | 1,909 |
| 1960s | 3,317 |
| 1970s | 4,322 |
| 1980s | 4,543 |
| 1990s | 2,973 |
| Other decades | 102 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 8,726 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 5,822 |
| Bihar | 925 |
| Rajasthan | 920 |
| Uttarakhand | 817 |
| Delhi | 528 |
| Haryana | 457 |
| Assam | 298 |
| Other states | 173 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001