MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Gulaba mean?
Gulaba extends the familiar name Gulab, the Persian-derived rose word. The original Persian compound gul-ab denotes rosewater, while Indian usage commonly names the flower itself.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
गुलाबा
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Gulaba in Indian usage
8,849 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (91.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 8,067 records (91.2%).
- Recorded as male: 782 records (8.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 655 |
| 1940s | 1,420 |
| 1950s | 1,932 |
| 1960s | 2,222 |
| 1970s | 1,459 |
| 1980s | 806 |
| 1990s | 223 |
| Other decades | 132 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 7,693 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 393 |
| Haryana | 295 |
| Rajasthan | 273 |
| Other states | 195 |
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