MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Navaratan mean?
Navaratan is the vernacular form of navaratna, a set of nine precious gems. The word also became a collective title for celebrated groups of nine scholars or artists at royal courts.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
नवरतन
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Navaratan in Indian usage
6,425 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (94.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 370 records (5.8%).
- Recorded as male: 6,055 records (94.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 485 |
| 1960s | 925 |
| 1970s | 1,245 |
| 1980s | 1,712 |
| 1990s | 1,803 |
| Other decades | 255 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 4,301 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,105 |
| Bihar | 381 |
| Haryana | 267 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 143 |
| Jharkhand | 112 |
| Other states | 116 |
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, navaratna, p. 531,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.