MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Rahat mean?
Rahat comes from Arabic rāḥa, rest or comfort, through Persian and Urdu. The word also denotes relief from a burden, making the name a wish for ease.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
राहत
Conventional spelling
Arabic
راحت
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Rahat in Indian usage
14,143 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: 6,399 records (45.2%).
- Recorded as male: 7,744 records (54.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 364 |
| 1950s | 753 |
| 1960s | 1,661 |
| 1970s | 2,758 |
| 1980s | 4,503 |
| 1990s | 3,988 |
| Other decades | 116 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 8,639 |
| Bihar | 3,281 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 699 |
| Jharkhand | 468 |
| Uttarakhand | 327 |
| Rajasthan | 283 |
| Maharashtra | 274 |
| Other states | 172 |
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