MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Jhuma mean?
Jhuma is related to the Bengali-Hindi verb for swaying or moving rhythmically. Its feminine name use evokes the movement of dancing or joyful swaying.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
झूमा
Conventional spelling
Bengali
ঝুমা
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
झुमा
Letter-by-letter: jhumā
5,213 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Jhuma in Indian usage
12,354 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (98.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 12,177 records (98.6%).
- Recorded as male: 177 records (1.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 338 |
| 1950s | 553 |
| 1960s | 888 |
| 1970s | 1,742 |
| 1980s | 4,508 |
| 1990s | 4,041 |
| Other decades | 284 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Tripura | 2,967 |
| Assam | 2,561 |
| Jharkhand | 1,961 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,452 |
| Rajasthan | 1,436 |
| Odisha | 895 |
| Bihar | 856 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 103 |
| Other states | 123 |
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