MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Amrita mean?
Amṛtā is the feminine form of amṛta, deathless or nectar of immortality. The negative a precedes mṛta, dead, which belongs to the Sanskrit dying root.
Pronunciation
IAST: amṛtā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अमृता
Letter-by-letter: amṛtā
Conventional spelling
Malayalam
അമൃത
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Amrita in Indian usage
77,598 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (98.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 76,303 records (98.3%).
- Recorded as male: 1,295 records (1.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 376 |
| 1940s | 966 |
| 1950s | 1,732 |
| 1960s | 3,340 |
| 1970s | 7,958 |
| 1980s | 29,703 |
| 1990s | 33,328 |
| Other decades | 195 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 37,137 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 17,413 |
| Jharkhand | 6,290 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 4,908 |
| Rajasthan | 2,195 |
| Odisha | 1,783 |
| Haryana | 1,331 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,211 |
| Delhi | 932 |
| Punjab | 876 |
| Sikkim | 663 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 593 |
| Assam | 538 |
| Tripura | 322 |
| Maharashtra | 299 |
| Meghalaya | 226 |
| Kerala | 192 |
| Chandigarh | 175 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 122 |
| Goa | 118 |
| Other states | 274 |
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.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Amrita / F | 3 | 5,927 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Amrita; Table_6, C6047 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Amrita; Table_6, C6047
- Wiktionary: अमृता ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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- Wiktionary: അമൃത ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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