MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Babula mean?
Odia Babula is an affectionate development of Babu, a respectful or loving address for a boy. Its ending is characteristic of familiar household names used in Odisha.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बाबुला
Conventional spelling
Odia
ବାବୁଲା
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Babula in Indian usage
13,646 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (81.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 2,567 records (18.8%).
- Recorded as male: 11,079 records (81.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,463 |
| 1970s | 4,912 |
| 1980s | 4,876 |
| 1990s | 2,133 |
| Other decades | 262 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 13,509 |
| Other states | 137 |
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