MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Baua mean?
Baua is a familiar eastern Hindi and Bihari address for a little boy. The household word can become a personal name and is not necessarily short for a longer Sanskrit name.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बौआ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Baua in Indian usage
1,393 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: 457 records (32.8%).
- Recorded as male: 936 records (67.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 128 |
| 1950s | 180 |
| 1960s | 301 |
| 1970s | 252 |
| 1980s | 280 |
| 1990s | 150 |
| Other decades | 102 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 1,262 |
| Other states | 131 |
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