MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Balu mean?
Bala names can be shortened to the familiar Balu. Depending on family usage, it can accompany longer names such as Balakrishna.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बालू
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
बालु
Letter-by-letter: bālu
8,647 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Balu in Indian usage
45,890 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (83.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 7,574 records (16.5%).
- Recorded as male: 38,316 records (83.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,700 |
| 1940s | 3,953 |
| 1950s | 7,177 |
| 1960s | 10,445 |
| 1970s | 9,742 |
| 1980s | 7,920 |
| 1990s | 4,588 |
| Other decades | 365 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 15,122 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 12,065 |
| Karnataka | 4,071 |
| Jharkhand | 3,424 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 2,320 |
| Bihar | 1,714 |
| Kerala | 1,510 |
| Maharashtra | 1,390 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 866 |
| Haryana | 742 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 687 |
| Odisha | 631 |
| Puducherry | 488 |
| Uttarakhand | 239 |
| Punjab | 226 |
| Assam | 121 |
| Goa | 110 |
| Other states | 164 |
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