MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Alak mean?
Alak is a Bengali name corresponding to Sanskrit alaka, a lock of hair. The noun occurs in descriptions of curling hair in classical poetry.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Bengali
অলক
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
अलक
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Alak in Indian usage
2,938 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (84.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 464 records (15.8%).
- Recorded as male: 2,474 records (84.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 162 |
| 1960s | 423 |
| 1970s | 709 |
| 1980s | 807 |
| 1990s | 728 |
| Other decades | 109 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Tripura | 1,188 |
| Assam | 996 |
| Rajasthan | 184 |
| Jharkhand | 158 |
| Bihar | 104 |
| Other states | 308 |
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
- Monier-Williams, alaka, p. 94,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.