MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Popat mean?
Popat is the ordinary Marathi and Gujarati word for a parrot. The bird's vivid colour and presence in household speech explain the word's established use as a personal name.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Gujarati
પોપટ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
पोपट
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Popat in Indian usage
9,284 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: 3,759 records (40.5%).
- Recorded as male: 5,525 records (59.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 636 |
| 1950s | 1,143 |
| 1960s | 1,728 |
| 1970s | 1,967 |
| 1980s | 2,140 |
| 1990s | 1,376 |
| Other decades | 294 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Gujarat | 4,937 |
| Maharashtra | 2,311 |
| Rajasthan | 1,728 |
| Other states | 308 |
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