MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Palak mean?
Palak is the Hindi word for the eyelid and, in expressions, a blink of the eye. Its use as a name draws on the delicate imagery of eyes found in Hindi poetry.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
पलक
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Palak in Indian usage
7,310 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (88.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 6,474 records (88.6%).
- Recorded as male: 836 records (11.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 121 |
| 1960s | 140 |
| 1970s | 318 |
| 1980s | 1,736 |
| 1990s | 4,841 |
| Other decades | 154 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,128 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,260 |
| Rajasthan | 940 |
| Punjab | 742 |
| Delhi | 674 |
| Bihar | 554 |
| Haryana | 406 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 175 |
| Jharkhand | 123 |
| Uttarakhand | 106 |
| Other states | 202 |
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