MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Amerika mean?
America supplies the place-name behind Amerika. Hindi uses अमेरिका for the United States and, in broader geographic contexts, for the American continents.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अमेरिका
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Amerika in Indian usage
13,670 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 6,158 records (45%).
- Recorded as male: 7,512 records (55%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 676 |
| 1950s | 1,662 |
| 1960s | 3,849 |
| 1970s | 3,884 |
| 1980s | 2,397 |
| 1990s | 985 |
| Other decades | 217 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 8,188 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,270 |
| Jharkhand | 1,008 |
| Other states | 204 |
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
- Wiktionary: अमेरिका ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.