MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Jira mean?
Jira corresponds to Hindi jīrā, cumin, an aromatic seed used in cooking. The personal name belongs to the traditional group taken from everyday plants and foods.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
जीरा
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Jira in Indian usage
30,045 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (97.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 29,218 records (97.2%).
- Recorded as male: 827 records (2.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,209 |
| 1940s | 2,628 |
| 1950s | 4,287 |
| 1960s | 7,045 |
| 1970s | 7,339 |
| 1980s | 5,062 |
| 1990s | 2,136 |
| Other decades | 339 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 13,197 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 7,909 |
| Jharkhand | 4,713 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 3,435 |
| Odisha | 412 |
| Punjab | 161 |
| Other states | 218 |
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