MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Akali mean?
Akali can be understood as a vernacular feminine name based on akl, “intellect”. The Arabic-origin noun entered Hindi through Persian and Urdu and supplies the name's sense of understanding.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अकली
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Akali in Indian usage
12,028 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (98.9%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 11,890 records (98.9%).
- Recorded as male: 138 records (1.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 749 |
| 1940s | 1,598 |
| 1950s | 2,166 |
| 1960s | 3,512 |
| 1970s | 2,628 |
| 1980s | 981 |
| 1990s | 205 |
| Other decades | 189 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 7,091 |
| Jharkhand | 2,937 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,521 |
| Rajasthan | 214 |
| Other states | 265 |
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