MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Laki mean?
The English adjective for good fortune entered Indian naming as Laki. The short personal form is familiar across Hindi and Punjabi speech and belongs to modern names expressing a hopeful wish.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
लकी
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Laki in Indian usage
8,959 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 3,776 records (42.1%).
- Recorded as male: 5,183 records (57.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 209 |
| 1960s | 373 |
| 1970s | 770 |
| 1980s | 2,976 |
| 1990s | 4,472 |
| Other decades | 159 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,865 |
| Punjab | 2,433 |
| Odisha | 1,363 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 946 |
| Bihar | 585 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 244 |
| Rajasthan | 198 |
| Jharkhand | 139 |
| Other states | 186 |
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