MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Baba mean?
Baba is a widespread affectionate word for a father or elder. It is also used respectfully for holy men, which explains its place in devotional names and shrine titles.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बाबा
Conventional spelling
Tamil
பாபா
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Baba in Indian usage
14,227 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (86.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,957 records (13.8%).
- Recorded as male: 12,270 records (86.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 549 |
| 1940s | 1,418 |
| 1950s | 1,942 |
| 1960s | 2,484 |
| 1970s | 2,669 |
| 1980s | 3,050 |
| 1990s | 1,953 |
| Other decades | 162 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | 3,812 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 3,434 |
| Maharashtra | 1,602 |
| Delhi | 1,354 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 990 |
| Bihar | 737 |
| Odisha | 519 |
| Punjab | 377 |
| Haryana | 324 |
| Rajasthan | 277 |
| Karnataka | 208 |
| Assam | 128 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 108 |
| Other states | 357 |
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
- Given-name entry (Wikidata): Baba ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Wiktionary: baba ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.