MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Basant mean?
Basant is the Hindi seasonal name corresponding to Sanskrit vasanta. It also names a musical raga associated with spring.
Pronunciation
IAST: basanta
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बसन्त
Letter-by-letter: basanta
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
बसंत
Letter-by-letter: basaṃta
48,427 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Basant in Indian usage
51,389 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (96.9%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,603 records (3.1%).
- Recorded as male: 49,786 records (96.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 733 |
| 1940s | 2,058 |
| 1950s | 4,435 |
| 1960s | 7,799 |
| 1970s | 11,266 |
| 1980s | 13,455 |
| 1990s | 11,416 |
| Other decades | 227 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 16,579 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 12,640 |
| Jharkhand | 9,573 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 6,725 |
| Rajasthan | 1,657 |
| Haryana | 1,550 |
| Delhi | 1,040 |
| Uttarakhand | 642 |
| Maharashtra | 247 |
| Sikkim | 203 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 195 |
| Other states | 338 |
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.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Basant / F | 3 | 5,927 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Basant; Table_6, C6194 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Basant; Table_6, C6194
- Behind the Name: Basant ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
- Wiktionary: वसन्त ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
- Monier-Williams, vasanta, p. 930,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.