MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ayodhya mean?
The ancient city of Ayodhya stands on the Sarayu and is central to Rama's story. Its Sanskrit name carries the sense of a city that cannot be conquered in battle.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अयोध्या
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ayodhya in Indian usage
51,530 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (83.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 8,487 records (16.5%).
- Recorded as male: 43,043 records (83.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 2,375 |
| 1940s | 6,415 |
| 1950s | 9,740 |
| 1960s | 12,455 |
| 1970s | 10,122 |
| 1980s | 6,825 |
| 1990s | 3,025 |
| Other decades | 573 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 26,270 |
| Bihar | 10,028 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 7,480 |
| Jharkhand | 3,320 |
| Rajasthan | 3,117 |
| Uttarakhand | 390 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 289 |
| Odisha | 198 |
| Haryana | 197 |
| Other states | 241 |
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, ayodhyā, p. 86,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.