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INDIAN NAME REFERENCE

Babban

Dear boy; affectionate form of Babu

Babban means “Dear boy; affectionate form of Babu”.

Origin language
Hindi
First letter
B
Historical records
12,864

MEANING & CONTEXT

What does Babban mean?

Babban belongs to the eastern Hindi family of affectionate names built around Babu. The familiar masculine ending makes it a household address that also stands as a full personal name.

Meaning themes

Spellings in Indian scripts

Devanagari

बब्बन

Conventional spelling

About spelling and pronunciation

HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS

Babban in Indian usage

12,864 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.

Mostly recorded for boys (97.2%) in these historical records.

  • Recorded as female: 359 records (2.8%).
  • Recorded as male: 12,505 records (97.2%).

By birth decade

Babban: records by birth decade1940s: 8991940s1950s: 1,9281950s1960s: 2,9611960s1970s: 2,9211970s1980s: 2,7951980s1990s: 1,0631990sOther decades: 297Other decades
Recorded birth years 1910–2001.
Birth decadeRecords
1940s899
1950s1,928
1960s2,961
1970s2,921
1980s2,795
1990s1,063
Other decades297

By state or territory

State / territoryRecords
Uttar Pradesh11,035
Bihar1,082
Delhi162
Madhya Pradesh161
Haryana108
Uttarakhand101
Other states215
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

  1. Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

    Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001

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