MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Goga mean?
Goga invokes Gogaji, the folk hero honoured in Rajasthan and neighbouring regions. His shrines and songs especially concern the belief in protection from snakes.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
गोगा
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਗੋਗਾ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Goga in Indian usage
6,852 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 4,513 records (65.9%).
- Recorded as male: 2,339 records (34.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 625 |
| 1950s | 951 |
| 1960s | 1,354 |
| 1970s | 1,295 |
| 1980s | 1,311 |
| 1990s | 909 |
| Other decades | 407 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 4,127 |
| Punjab | 920 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 445 |
| Haryana | 392 |
| Bihar | 330 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 223 |
| Jharkhand | 171 |
| Gujarat | 112 |
| Other states | 132 |
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