MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Gulli mean?
Gulli is the Hindi word for the small wooden peg used in the game gulli-danda. The diminutive object word can also function as an affectionate feminine name.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
गुल्ली
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Gulli in Indian usage
6,846 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (80.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 5,499 records (80.3%).
- Recorded as male: 1,347 records (19.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 276 |
| 1930s | 768 |
| 1940s | 1,372 |
| 1950s | 1,492 |
| 1960s | 1,378 |
| 1970s | 895 |
| 1980s | 472 |
| Other decades | 193 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 4,213 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,197 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 738 |
| Bihar | 560 |
| Other states | 138 |
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