MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bihari mean?
Bihari can reflect vihārī, one who roams or delights, as in Krishna's title Banke Bihari. In another use it denotes association with Bihar, so context matters.
Pronunciation
IAST: bihārī
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
बिहारी
Letter-by-letter: bihārī
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bihari in Indian usage
76,522 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (88.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 9,082 records (11.9%).
- Recorded as male: 67,440 records (88.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 2,404 |
| 1940s | 6,271 |
| 1950s | 10,177 |
| 1960s | 14,279 |
| 1970s | 21,163 |
| 1980s | 16,922 |
| 1990s | 4,747 |
| Other decades | 559 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 16,899 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 16,265 |
| Bihar | 15,334 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 13,241 |
| Jharkhand | 5,059 |
| Rajasthan | 4,013 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1,601 |
| Punjab | 1,442 |
| Haryana | 1,088 |
| Maharashtra | 566 |
| Uttarakhand | 511 |
| Gujarat | 303 |
| Other states | 200 |
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