MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Anarakali mean?
Anarakali combines Persian anār, pomegranate, with Hindi kalī, flower bud. The image is specifically a pomegranate blossom, and the name is familiar from later Mughal romance traditions.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अनारकली
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Anarakali in Indian usage
32,985 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 32,771 records (99.4%).
- Recorded as male: 214 records (0.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,179 |
| 1940s | 3,038 |
| 1950s | 5,442 |
| 1960s | 8,639 |
| 1970s | 7,322 |
| 1980s | 4,927 |
| 1990s | 2,173 |
| Other decades | 265 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 21,964 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 5,618 |
| Bihar | 3,148 |
| Haryana | 821 |
| Jharkhand | 670 |
| Uttarakhand | 240 |
| Rajasthan | 219 |
| Punjab | 147 |
| Other states | 158 |
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