MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Batan mean?
Batan is the vernacular personal use of the borrowed word button. The everyday Hindi noun names a small fastener used on clothing.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बटन
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Batan in Indian usage
1,888 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: 544 records (28.8%).
- Recorded as male: 1,344 records (71.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 190 |
| 1950s | 317 |
| 1960s | 425 |
| 1970s | 402 |
| 1980s | 299 |
| Other decades | 255 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,081 |
| Bihar | 477 |
| Other states | 330 |
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