MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Begam mean?
Begam is a title of respect for a woman in Persianate usage. In South Asia it appears both as a title and within personal names.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बेगम
Conventional spelling
Bengali
বেগম
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Begam in Indian usage
45,278 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (98.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 44,662 records (98.6%).
- Recorded as male: 616 records (1.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 697 |
| 1940s | 1,840 |
| 1950s | 3,667 |
| 1960s | 7,529 |
| 1970s | 10,401 |
| 1980s | 11,825 |
| 1990s | 9,162 |
| Other decades | 157 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Assam | 16,517 |
| Bihar | 8,135 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 5,925 |
| Maharashtra | 3,862 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,401 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1,721 |
| Rajasthan | 1,599 |
| Karnataka | 1,408 |
| Jharkhand | 1,393 |
| Tripura | 970 |
| Haryana | 354 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 230 |
| Uttarakhand | 230 |
| Punjab | 184 |
| Manipur | 109 |
| Other states | 240 |
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