MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Haji mean?
Haji comes from the Arabic vocabulary of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. It developed as a title for someone who had performed that pilgrimage and can also function as a name.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
हाजी
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Haji in Indian usage
13,673 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (86.9%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,791 records (13.1%).
- Recorded as male: 11,882 records (86.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 473 |
| 1930s | 1,521 |
| 1940s | 2,539 |
| 1950s | 2,665 |
| 1960s | 2,230 |
| 1970s | 1,819 |
| 1980s | 1,486 |
| 1990s | 838 |
| Other decades | 102 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,138 |
| Maharashtra | 2,311 |
| Rajasthan | 1,771 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 959 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 848 |
| Bihar | 721 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 685 |
| Assam | 577 |
| Gujarat | 528 |
| Jharkhand | 326 |
| Delhi | 210 |
| Uttarakhand | 197 |
| Other states | 402 |
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
- Wiktionary: haji ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.