MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Des mean?
Sanskrit deśa, country or region, becomes Des in vernacular use. Sanskrit deśa can denote a locality, region or an entire country.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
देस
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Des in Indian usage
42,856 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (95.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 2,023 records (4.7%).
- Recorded as male: 40,833 records (95.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,236 |
| 1940s | 3,254 |
| 1950s | 6,426 |
| 1960s | 10,567 |
| 1970s | 9,954 |
| 1980s | 7,790 |
| 1990s | 3,377 |
| Other decades | 252 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Himachal Pradesh | 10,703 |
| Punjab | 10,397 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 9,327 |
| Haryana | 8,143 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,516 |
| Rajasthan | 1,215 |
| Bihar | 393 |
| Uttarakhand | 319 |
| Chandigarh | 303 |
| Delhi | 240 |
| Jharkhand | 112 |
| Other states | 188 |
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