MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Durga mean?
Durgā names the goddess and carries the sense of inaccessibility, related to durga, a difficult passage or fortified place. Durgavati adds a feminine possessive ending to the goddess name. The goddess is celebrated for defeating Mahisha, the buffalo demon.
Pronunciation
IAST: durgā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
दुर्गा
Letter-by-letter: durgā
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Durga in Indian usage
395,920 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
- Recorded as female: 257,667 records (65.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 1,531 |
| 1930s | 6,235 |
| 1940s | 15,950 |
| 1950s | 29,751 |
| 1960s | 50,908 |
| 1970s | 67,844 |
| 1980s | 112,033 |
| 1990s | 111,499 |
| Other decades | 169 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | 119,745 |
| Rajasthan | 69,807 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 65,824 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 50,775 |
| Bihar | 38,922 |
| Jharkhand | 20,683 |
| Uttarakhand | 9,340 |
| Delhi | 4,788 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 4,374 |
| Haryana | 3,247 |
| Assam | 2,421 |
| Sikkim | 1,312 |
| Maharashtra | 819 |
| Tripura | 566 |
| Kerala | 548 |
| Goa | 392 |
| Manipur | 391 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 359 |
| Puducherry | 339 |
| Meghalaya | 322 |
| Chandigarh | 214 |
| Karnataka | 179 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 178 |
| Nagaland | 137 |
| Odisha | 101 |
| Other states | 137 |
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.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Durga / F | 3 | 5,927 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Durga; Table_6, C6349 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Durga; Table_6, C6349
- Monier-Williams, durgā, p. 487,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name: Durga ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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- Wiktionary: दुर्ग ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.