MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Gagan mean?
Gagana is a Sanskrit word for the atmosphere or sky. Its expansive imagery also appears in poetic Hindi through the form gagan.
Pronunciation
IAST: gagana
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
गगन
Letter-by-letter: gagana
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Gagan in Indian usage
39,231 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (89.9%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 3,976 records (10.1%).
- Recorded as male: 35,255 records (89.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 550 |
| 1950s | 1,186 |
| 1960s | 2,219 |
| 1970s | 6,407 |
| 1980s | 14,662 |
| 1990s | 13,901 |
| Other decades | 306 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 7,500 |
| Punjab | 5,537 |
| Bihar | 5,411 |
| Delhi | 4,590 |
| Haryana | 4,291 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 3,347 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 2,510 |
| Rajasthan | 2,105 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,274 |
| Assam | 1,082 |
| Jharkhand | 692 |
| Chandigarh | 299 |
| Tripura | 120 |
| Gujarat | 108 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 103 |
| Other states | 262 |
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 | Gagan / M | 5 | 3,684 |
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 Gagan; Table_6, C3888 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Gagan; Table_6, C3888
- Monier-Williams, gagana, p. 341,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.