MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Anar mean?
Persian anār entered Hindi as the word for the pomegranate. As a name it draws on the fruit's rich colour and abundance of seeds.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अनार
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Anar in Indian usage
47,130 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (82.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 38,695 records (82.1%).
- Recorded as male: 8,435 records (17.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 2,016 |
| 1940s | 4,928 |
| 1950s | 8,038 |
| 1960s | 11,773 |
| 1970s | 9,575 |
| 1980s | 6,938 |
| 1990s | 3,359 |
| Other decades | 503 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 23,419 |
| Bihar | 9,901 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 6,140 |
| Rajasthan | 2,373 |
| Jharkhand | 2,222 |
| Haryana | 1,327 |
| Delhi | 720 |
| Uttarakhand | 317 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 211 |
| Punjab | 211 |
| Other states | 289 |
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