MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Bina mean?
Bina is an eastern vernacular form of Vina, the stringed-instrument name. Bengali বীণা retains the instrumental sense, traditionally associated with Saraswati.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Gurmukhi
ਬੀਨਾ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
बीना
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Bina in Indian usage
189,963 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 188,646 records (99.3%).
- Recorded as male: 1,317 records (0.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 785 |
| 1940s | 3,621 |
| 1950s | 14,395 |
| 1960s | 39,241 |
| 1970s | 51,050 |
| 1980s | 53,601 |
| 1990s | 27,015 |
| Other decades | 255 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 60,182 |
| Rajasthan | 26,522 |
| Bihar | 18,307 |
| Uttarakhand | 17,405 |
| Haryana | 13,669 |
| Assam | 13,036 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 9,502 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 8,159 |
| Jharkhand | 7,698 |
| Tripura | 5,261 |
| Odisha | 4,755 |
| Punjab | 4,669 |
| Chandigarh | 469 |
| Maharashtra | 165 |
| Other states | 164 |
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