MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Najama mean?
Arabic najma, a star, gives the regional name Najama its sense. The feminine ending distinguishes it from najm, the related star noun used in compounds.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Bengali
নজমা
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
नजमा
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Najama in Indian usage
97,411 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 96,744 records (99.3%).
- Recorded as male: 667 records (0.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 514 |
| 1940s | 2,460 |
| 1950s | 7,654 |
| 1960s | 18,829 |
| 1970s | 26,104 |
| 1980s | 26,245 |
| 1990s | 15,463 |
| Other decades | 142 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 31,510 |
| Bihar | 26,139 |
| Rajasthan | 13,509 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 11,174 |
| Jharkhand | 4,599 |
| Maharashtra | 2,168 |
| Assam | 2,160 |
| Haryana | 1,854 |
| Odisha | 1,048 |
| Punjab | 1,029 |
| Uttarakhand | 974 |
| Karnataka | 877 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 231 |
| Other states | 139 |
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