MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Chain mean?
Chain is the familiar northern word for ease and peace of mind. Expressions such as chain se describe living or resting without disturbance, giving the name a sense of contentment.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
चैन
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਚੈਨ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Chain in Indian usage
14,755 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (88.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,741 records (11.8%).
- Recorded as male: 13,014 records (88.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 1,034 |
| 1950s | 1,773 |
| 1960s | 2,727 |
| 1970s | 3,170 |
| 1980s | 3,201 |
| 1990s | 2,360 |
| Other decades | 490 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 4,935 |
| Rajasthan | 3,084 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 2,456 |
| Punjab | 1,244 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 913 |
| Uttarakhand | 714 |
| Bihar | 667 |
| Haryana | 357 |
| Jharkhand | 166 |
| Other states | 219 |
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