MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Mem mean?
Mem is a South Asian form of the English address ma'am. It is familiar in the compound memsahib and can occur as a feminine household name.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
मेम
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Mem in Indian usage
3,586 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (86.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 3,095 records (86.3%).
- Recorded as male: 491 records (13.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 349 |
| 1960s | 765 |
| 1970s | 986 |
| 1980s | 811 |
| 1990s | 515 |
| Other decades | 160 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 921 |
| Haryana | 766 |
| Rajasthan | 717 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 321 |
| Jharkhand | 246 |
| Bihar | 171 |
| Delhi | 146 |
| Other states | 298 |
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