MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Mahatam mean?
Mahatam reflects the vernacular use of mahātmā, a person of great or noble spirit. The Sanskrit compound joins mahā, great, and ātman, self or soul.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
महातम
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Mahatam in Indian usage
5,855 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (97.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 126 records (2.2%).
- Recorded as male: 5,729 records (97.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 252 |
| 1940s | 763 |
| 1950s | 1,239 |
| 1960s | 1,549 |
| 1970s | 1,132 |
| 1980s | 623 |
| Other decades | 297 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,129 |
| Bihar | 1,561 |
| Other states | 165 |
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
- Monier-Williams, mahātman, p. 796,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.