MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ganesh mean?
Gaṇa and īśa express lordship over the divine attendants. Ganesha is invoked at beginnings and is associated with wisdom and the removal of obstacles.
Pronunciation
IAST: gaṇeśa
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
गणेश
Letter-by-letter: gaṇeśa
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
गनेश
Letter-by-letter: ganeśa
71,624 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ganesh in Indian usage
40,795 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (98.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 504 records (1.2%).
- Recorded as male: 40,291 records (98.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 509 |
| 1950s | 1,195 |
| 1960s | 3,007 |
| 1970s | 6,937 |
| 1980s | 14,164 |
| 1990s | 14,822 |
| Other decades | 161 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | 25,109 |
| Delhi | 7,466 |
| Kerala | 3,366 |
| Goa | 1,483 |
| Puducherry | 947 |
| Sikkim | 499 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 370 |
| Meghalaya | 355 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 267 |
| Manipur | 166 |
| Nagaland | 135 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 116 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 113 |
| Other states | 403 |
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 | Ganesh / M | 3 | 5,137 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
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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
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Ganesh; Table_6, C5602 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Ganesh; Table_6, C5602
- Monier-Williams, gaṇeśa, p. 343,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.