MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Barakat mean?
Barakat is the Arabic-derived word for blessing in Urdu and Hindi. Everyday usage also applies it to abundance or a sustaining increase in provisions.
Meaning themes
blessing
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बरकत
Conventional spelling
Arabic
برکت
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Barakat in Indian usage
17,089 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: 3,535 records (20.7%).
- Recorded as male: 13,554 records (79.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 534 |
| 1940s | 1,285 |
| 1950s | 1,895 |
| 1960s | 2,639 |
| 1970s | 3,033 |
| 1980s | 4,118 |
| 1990s | 3,433 |
| Other decades | 152 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 6,222 |
| Rajasthan | 6,036 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,419 |
| Bihar | 958 |
| Punjab | 690 |
| Haryana | 561 |
| Jharkhand | 497 |
| Maharashtra | 288 |
| Uttarakhand | 136 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 110 |
| Other states | 172 |
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