MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bhama mean?
Sanskrit bhama denotes a passionate woman and also names Satyabhama. Satyabhama is a wife of Krishna and has a prominent place in stories of his household.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Odia
ଭାମା
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
भामा
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bhama in Indian usage
9,856 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (94.7%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 9,336 records (94.7%).
- Recorded as male: 520 records (5.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 628 |
| 1940s | 1,161 |
| 1950s | 1,935 |
| 1960s | 2,486 |
| 1970s | 2,065 |
| 1980s | 1,061 |
| 1990s | 358 |
| Other decades | 162 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 6,364 |
| Bihar | 1,262 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 562 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 526 |
| Uttarakhand | 442 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 225 |
| Jharkhand | 175 |
| Other states | 300 |
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, bhāmā, p. 752,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.