MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bachchan mean?
Bachchan is an affectionate development of baccā, “child”, in Hindi naming. The same form is also recorded as a surname, though it can stand independently as a masculine given name.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बच्चन
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bachchan in Indian usage
11,959 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (93.9%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 729 records (6.1%).
- Recorded as male: 11,230 records (93.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 1,161 |
| 1950s | 1,858 |
| 1960s | 2,334 |
| 1970s | 2,238 |
| 1980s | 2,481 |
| 1990s | 1,410 |
| Other decades | 477 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 6,752 |
| Bihar | 3,002 |
| Jharkhand | 604 |
| Rajasthan | 516 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 335 |
| Haryana | 243 |
| Uttarakhand | 175 |
| Tripura | 119 |
| Other states | 213 |
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: बच्चन ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.