MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Babul mean?
Babul is an affectionate word for a father in Hindi song and folk speech. It is especially familiar in songs of a daughter's departure from her parental home, giving the name a family and lyrical association.
Meaning themes
family
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बाबुल
Conventional spelling
Bengali
বাবুল
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Babul in Indian usage
31,950 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (98.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 597 records (1.9%).
- Recorded as male: 31,353 records (98.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 396 |
| 1950s | 1,489 |
| 1960s | 4,360 |
| 1970s | 7,060 |
| 1980s | 9,041 |
| 1990s | 9,354 |
| Other decades | 250 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Assam | 12,615 |
| Tripura | 6,298 |
| Delhi | 6,215 |
| Bihar | 3,467 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 676 |
| Jharkhand | 591 |
| Meghalaya | 498 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 401 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 257 |
| Maharashtra | 159 |
| Nagaland | 151 |
| Odisha | 132 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 126 |
| Other states | 364 |
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
- Wiktionary: बाबुल ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
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