MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Parama mean?
Parama is a Sanskrit adjective for the highest or most excellent. Its feminine form is used as a personal name, carrying an elevated sense familiar in philosophical and devotional language.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
परमा
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Parama in Indian usage
28,327 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 11,208 records (39.6%).
- Recorded as male: 17,119 records (60.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,157 |
| 1940s | 2,773 |
| 1950s | 4,536 |
| 1960s | 7,123 |
| 1970s | 6,255 |
| 1980s | 4,022 |
| 1990s | 2,194 |
| Other decades | 267 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 8,026 |
| Bihar | 6,428 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 5,349 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2,788 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1,648 |
| Odisha | 1,370 |
| Punjab | 898 |
| Haryana | 745 |
| Jharkhand | 518 |
| Uttarakhand | 251 |
| Maharashtra | 179 |
| Other states | 127 |
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, parama, p. 588,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.