MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Kailash mean?
Kailash names the sacred mountain traditionally associated with Shiva. The mountain lies on the Tibetan plateau and is a place of pilgrimage.
Pronunciation
IAST: kailāśa
Meaning themes
mountainsshiva
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
कैलाश
Letter-by-letter: kailāśa
Conventional spelling
Tamil
கைலாசு
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Kailash in Indian usage
530,664 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (88.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 62,758 records (11.8%).
- Recorded as male: 467,906 records (88.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 1,367 |
| 1930s | 7,192 |
| 1940s | 23,968 |
| 1950s | 57,725 |
| 1960s | 110,450 |
| 1970s | 124,722 |
| 1980s | 129,143 |
| 1990s | 75,936 |
| Other decades | 161 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 151,324 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 115,547 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 110,819 |
| Bihar | 74,798 |
| Jharkhand | 25,742 |
| Haryana | 18,500 |
| Uttarakhand | 13,677 |
| Punjab | 11,662 |
| Assam | 2,253 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 2,028 |
| Delhi | 1,551 |
| Maharashtra | 881 |
| Chandigarh | 615 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 447 |
| Sikkim | 137 |
| Tripura | 136 |
| Other states | 547 |
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
- Behind the Name: Kailash ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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