MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Baha mean?
Santali bāhā denotes a flower and gives the Baha spring flower festival its name. A separate Arabic name Bahā, also used through Persian, denotes splendour, giving the personal form two language histories.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बहा
Conventional spelling
Arabic
بهاء
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Baha in Indian usage
2,312 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (80.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,857 records (80.3%).
- Recorded as male: 455 records (19.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 332 |
| 1960s | 495 |
| 1970s | 596 |
| 1980s | 393 |
| 1990s | 230 |
| Other decades | 266 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Jharkhand | 1,830 |
| Bihar | 179 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 127 |
| Other states | 176 |
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.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Baha / M | 8 | 2,664 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
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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
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Baha; Table_6, C2708 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Baha; Table_6, C2708