MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Babu mean?
Babu functions as an address and a name element, including Rambabu, so a fixed dictionary translation such as prince is too narrow. Baburam places the address element before Rama.
Pronunciation
IAST: bābū
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बाबू
Letter-by-letter: bābū
Conventional spelling
Kannada
ಬಾಬು
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਬਾਬੂ
Conventional spelling
Odia
ବାବୁ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
बबलू
Letter-by-letter: babalū
177,927 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
बबलु
Letter-by-letter: babalu
52,217 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
बाबु
Letter-by-letter: bābu
40,473 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Babu in Indian usage
657,608 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (98.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 11,514 records (1.8%).
- Recorded as male: 646,094 records (98.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 2,056 |
| 1930s | 10,026 |
| 1940s | 32,667 |
| 1950s | 69,743 |
| 1960s | 122,159 |
| 1970s | 143,455 |
| 1980s | 167,087 |
| 1990s | 110,154 |
| Other decades | 261 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 191,045 |
| Rajasthan | 98,337 |
| Bihar | 83,189 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 74,896 |
| Kerala | 74,607 |
| Jharkhand | 33,899 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 23,550 |
| Haryana | 17,254 |
| Karnataka | 15,868 |
| Punjab | 11,859 |
| Odisha | 7,059 |
| Uttarakhand | 5,779 |
| Assam | 4,964 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 4,662 |
| Delhi | 3,634 |
| Maharashtra | 3,216 |
| Puducherry | 1,046 |
| Goa | 827 |
| Chandigarh | 821 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 176 |
| Tripura | 161 |
| Meghalaya | 152 |
| Manipur | 138 |
| Nagaland | 120 |
| Daman and Diu | 108 |
| 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