MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Badam mean?
Badam is the Persian word for almond, borrowed into Hindi and other Indian languages. The edible kernel comes from the almond tree, giving the personal name a direct association with a familiar nut.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बादाम
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Badam in Indian usage
33,902 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 25,516 records (75.3%).
- Recorded as male: 8,386 records (24.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,008 |
| 1940s | 2,907 |
| 1950s | 5,963 |
| 1960s | 8,692 |
| 1970s | 6,651 |
| 1980s | 5,519 |
| 1990s | 2,962 |
| Other decades | 200 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 21,252 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 6,014 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 5,049 |
| Bihar | 452 |
| Maharashtra | 307 |
| Haryana | 267 |
| Gujarat | 243 |
| Uttarakhand | 105 |
| Jharkhand | 103 |
| Other states | 110 |
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
- Monier-Williams, bādāma, p. 727,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.