MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bhag mean?
Bhag uses Sanskrit bhāga, a share or allotted portion. The same word can describe a favourable lot, which gives the personal name its association with good fortune.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
भाग
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਭਾਗ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bhag in Indian usage
30,548 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: 8,384 records (27.4%).
- Recorded as male: 22,164 records (72.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,668 |
| 1940s | 3,647 |
| 1950s | 5,065 |
| 1960s | 6,793 |
| 1970s | 6,742 |
| 1980s | 4,041 |
| 1990s | 2,169 |
| Other decades | 423 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Punjab | 7,334 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 5,152 |
| Rajasthan | 4,644 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 4,623 |
| Haryana | 3,080 |
| Odisha | 2,167 |
| Bihar | 1,276 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,095 |
| Uttarakhand | 803 |
| Chandigarh | 144 |
| Jharkhand | 124 |
| Other states | 106 |
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
- Monier-Williams, bhāga, p. 751,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.