MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Gaja mean?
Gaja draws on Sanskrit gaja, the elephant. Elephants have a prominent place in Indian royal imagery and in the image of Ganesha, the elephant-headed deity. Airavata, the elephant of Indra, is a prominent elephant figure in Sanskrit mythology.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
गजा
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Gaja in Indian usage
3,937 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (81.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 727 records (18.5%).
- Recorded as male: 3,210 records (81.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 499 |
| 1950s | 756 |
| 1960s | 930 |
| 1970s | 737 |
| 1980s | 485 |
| 1990s | 283 |
| Other decades | 247 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 1,459 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 752 |
| Haryana | 510 |
| Maharashtra | 299 |
| Bihar | 274 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 250 |
| Jharkhand | 169 |
| Other states | 224 |
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 | Gaja / F | 6 | 3,705 |
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 Gaja; Table_6, C3882 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Gaja; Table_6, C3882
- Monier-Williams, gaja, p. 342,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.