MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Atma mean?
Ātman is a central Sanskrit term for the self and the living principle. Atma uses its familiar nominative form, which appears widely in Indian philosophical discussions of the individual soul.
Meaning themes
soul
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
आत्मा
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Atma in Indian usage
16,141 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (92.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,225 records (7.6%).
- Recorded as male: 14,916 records (92.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 603 |
| 1940s | 1,392 |
| 1950s | 2,623 |
| 1960s | 3,565 |
| 1970s | 3,391 |
| 1980s | 2,931 |
| 1990s | 1,454 |
| Other decades | 182 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 5,622 |
| Haryana | 3,494 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1,876 |
| Bihar | 1,770 |
| Rajasthan | 1,648 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,024 |
| Uttarakhand | 365 |
| Jharkhand | 209 |
| Other states | 133 |
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, ātman, p. 135,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.