MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Basamati mean?
Basamati corresponds to bāsmatī, the fragrant rice name in northern languages. Its naming image is the pleasant scent associated with that grain.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बासमती
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Basamati in Indian usage
22,761 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 22,589 records (99.2%).
- Recorded as male: 172 records (0.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,171 |
| 1940s | 2,633 |
| 1950s | 3,948 |
| 1960s | 5,517 |
| 1970s | 4,419 |
| 1980s | 3,204 |
| 1990s | 1,557 |
| Other decades | 312 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 11,476 |
| Bihar | 5,461 |
| Jharkhand | 2,905 |
| Odisha | 1,453 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 896 |
| Rajasthan | 242 |
| Other states | 328 |
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