MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Balram mean?
Balarāma is Krishna's elder brother in traditional narrative, and bala supplies the literal strength element of his name. The strength element bala distinguishes the name from child-word bāla. Balarama carries a plough in traditional depictions, which gives him the epithet Haladhara.
Pronunciation
IAST: balarāma
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बलराम
Letter-by-letter: balarāma
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਬਲਰਾਮ
Conventional spelling
Bengali
বলরাম
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Balram in Indian usage
140,458 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (99.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 554 records (0.4%).
- Recorded as male: 139,904 records (99.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,273 |
| 1940s | 4,494 |
| 1950s | 10,668 |
| 1960s | 19,643 |
| 1970s | 28,741 |
| 1980s | 39,950 |
| 1990s | 35,370 |
| Other decades | 319 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 42,557 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 40,214 |
| Bihar | 17,326 |
| Rajasthan | 15,555 |
| Jharkhand | 12,250 |
| Haryana | 5,735 |
| Punjab | 3,265 |
| Tripura | 1,395 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,086 |
| Assam | 420 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 362 |
| Chandigarh | 146 |
| Other states | 147 |
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, balarāma, p. 723,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.