MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Jalam mean?
Jalam is a regional masculine name related to the north Indian word zalim, formidable or severe. Its use in naming draws on the older martial sense of an imposing person.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
जालम
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Jalam in Indian usage
9,187 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (98.7%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 119 records (1.3%).
- Recorded as male: 9,068 records (98.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 680 |
| 1950s | 1,140 |
| 1960s | 1,589 |
| 1970s | 1,712 |
| 1980s | 2,104 |
| 1990s | 1,639 |
| Other decades | 323 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 4,688 |
| Rajasthan | 2,840 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 862 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 511 |
| Uttarakhand | 145 |
| Other states | 141 |
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