MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bahadur mean?
Bahadur came into South Asian usage through Persian as a bravery word and title. It also appears as a name element in compounds such as Vir Bahadur.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बहादुर
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bahadur in Indian usage
84,552 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (99%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 820 records (1%).
- Recorded as male: 83,732 records (99%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 2,034 |
| 1940s | 6,232 |
| 1950s | 11,927 |
| 1960s | 18,419 |
| 1970s | 18,788 |
| 1980s | 16,657 |
| 1990s | 10,048 |
| Other decades | 447 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 26,026 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 14,863 |
| Rajasthan | 12,222 |
| Bihar | 11,357 |
| Jharkhand | 6,223 |
| Uttarakhand | 4,949 |
| Haryana | 3,436 |
| Punjab | 2,246 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 994 |
| Maharashtra | 807 |
| Delhi | 689 |
| Chandigarh | 206 |
| Gujarat | 170 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 153 |
| Other states | 211 |
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